Thunderbird Magazine, Winter 1983-1984

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Trustees and Thunderbird
have a special connection,
even more so now that an alum­nus
is Chairman of the Board.
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News
International Executive of the
Year ... World Affairs Con-ference
... Events on campus
. .. and more
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PHOENIX
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Thunderbird Network
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LONDON Thunderbird Contacts
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XICO CITY Alumni Update
Cover
Associated Thunderbirds In­ternational
(A TI) chapters are
world-wide and growing fast.
See facing page and inside
back cover for more informa­tion
on how you can become
part of the A TI network.
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Missing Thunderbirds
Winter, 1983-84
Quarterly magazine of the
Alumni Relations Office of the
American Graduate School of
International Management,
Thunderbird Campus
Glendale, AZ 85306
(602) 978-7135
TELEX 18-7123
Director of Alumni Relations and
Publisher:
Wayne M. Pulver '701'78
Alumni Office Staff:
Anna Banks
Cathy Benoit
Diane Bridgman
Donna Cleland
Maher Hamden '83
Steve Heronemus '84
Lisa Klemme
Ruth McLeod '83
Myra Niemeier
Rajesh Thacker '83
Special Assistants:
Ginger Gossen '84
Mary Beth Simons '84
Bill Queen '84
Kim Wong'84
Director of Communications and
Editor:
Nelda S. Crowell
Assistant Editors:
Kim Thornton
Nancy Nebeker
Communications Staff:
Irene Ringdahl
Mark Bockley '84
Paul Moore '84
Joseph M. Klein '47
Portrait of a Trustee
For the first time in the history
of the school, an alumnus has
been named chairman of the Board
of Trustees. Futhermore, he is a
member of the school's first gradu­ating
class and the 1974 recipient
of the Jonas Mayer Distinguished
Alumnus Award.
Joseph M. Klein of the class of
1947, was elected chairman of the
board at the October annual meet­ing.
He had served as acting chair­man
since the death of Roger Lyon
in April. As a board member since
1975, he has been a strong advo­cate
of the School, and his concern
and intimate knowledge of the
School's philosophy have made
him a moving force in the group.
Klein is now president and a di­rector
of Pluess-Staufer Industries,
Inc., a privately owned multina­tional
mining company. Prior to
joining the firm in 1979, as execu­tive
vice president, he held a simi­lar
position with Cyprus Mines
Corporation.
He began his rising career as a
junior salesman in the Phoenix
branch office of Clary Corporation,
a firm that entered the office
equipment field just after World
War II. Klein made it known up
front that his goal was to work in
international operations when the
opportunity presented itself. With­in
a year, he became branch man-
2
ager of the Phoenix office and
three years later was promoted to
director of sales training and pro­motion
at Clary Headquarters in
Los Angeles.
His international wish was soon
fulfilled when he worked for the
Clary's Mexican affiliate that was
setting up an assembly and mar­keting
facility. From 1955 to 1960,
Klein was vice president in charge
of international operations for
Clary, and was instrumental in
spreading activities worldwide.
When Remington purchased the
Clary office equipment operations,
Klein served in New York as a di­rector
of the Remington interna­tional
operations from 1960
through 1962.
Joe Klein '47 shares a light moment with
John Lambert '53 during a meeting of the
Presidents Council.
Joseph M. Klein '47 - Chairman of the
Board of Trustees
Following his period with Clary
and Remington, Klein's career took
a different twist. From 1962
through 1966, Klein was president
of NBC International, Inc. and vice
president of NBC News, based in
New York.
Throughout his career, Klein has
maintained close ties with Thun­derbird.
He has lectured to classes
on several occasions and received
the Southern California Thunder­bird
Alumni Award in 1974. He is
a charter member of the Presi­dent's
Council and pays frequent
visits to the campus.
He has been a member of the
President's Regional Export Expan­sion
Council and is listed in Who's
Who in America and Who's Who
in the World. He is married, has
four children, and currently lives
in Pacific Palisades, California.
THUNDERBIRD MA.GA.ZINE WINTER 1983-84
What is a
Trustee?
Profile
The Board of Trustees is the gov­erning
body of the American Grad­uate
School of International
Management, establishing policies
to achieve the goals and mission of
the School.
It selects the chief executive offi­cer
and the executive vice presi­dent
and follows through by
requesting audits to determine
whether the management is oper­ating
effectively and managing as­sets
prudently.
Equally important, the board
provides the central force of spon­sorship,
advocacy, and develop­ment
of the School. Six key board
committees carry on the work of
the trustees: Executive Committee,
Academic Affairs Committee, Stu­dent
Affairs Committee, Business
Affairs Committee, Development
Committee, and Committee on
Trustees.
Thunderbird is fortunate to have
a board that includes a large num­ber
of concerned citizens and six
alumni as its members.
J. Kenneth Seward '57 is the newest alum­nus
to be appointed to the Thunderbird
Board of Trustees.
THUNDERBIRD /vV\GAZINE WINTER 1983-84
Alumni Trustees
Six alumni are currently
serving as members of the
Board of Trustees for
American Graduate School of
International Management:
Kenneth A. Jacuzzi '79
President
KAJ Software Inc.
Phoenix, Arizona
Joseph M. Klein' 47
Chairman of the Board
Pluess-Staufer
International, Inc.
Los Angeles, California
Alfred M. Miossi '48
Executive Vice President
Continental Bank
Chicago, Illinois
J. Kenneth Seward '57
Senior Vice President
Johnson & Higgins
New York, New York
Charles M. Stockholm '56
Senior Executive
Vice President
Crocker National Bank
San Francisco, California
Daniel D. Witcher '50
President
Upjohn International, Inc.
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Appointment to the Board of
Trustees is one of the highest hon­ors
and at the same time one of
the greatest responsibilities the
School can bestow on an individu­al.
The following profile describes
the qualities and convictions that
portray a Thunderbird trustee.
• Understands and makes the
commitment that, as a trustee,
he/she will be expected to make
not only responsible investment
in the institution of his/her time,
imagination, intellectual ablility,
and energy, but also such rea­sonable
commitment of personal
material resources to demon­strate
full acceptance of a leader­ship
pace-setting responsibility
in the institution's development
program.
• Insists that the Board and the
School think out and define
clearly the mission of the institu­tion
and its relevance to impor­tant
needs of society, constantly
updating relevance to interna­tional
management imperatives,
and constantly testing policy and
other decisions against this state­ment
as to validity, desirability,
and practicality.
• Has talents, skills, and/or experi­ence
which makes him/her a val­uable
member of a major Board
committee after a thorough ori­entation
as a trustee.
• Works not only as a trustee but
also serves actively as an ambas­sador
to others in an effort con­stantly
to enlarge the sponsoring
group for the institution. Has
pride in the institution, in his/
her trusteeship, in the special
opportunity to function, and is
proud to show it.
• Has an abiding conviction that
quality graduate higher educa­tion
is vitally important to the
welfare of our country; sets an
example for all local and foreign
national students and friends;
and contributes to the search for
peace and prosperity.
• Believes that it is important to
maintain a strong system of edu­cation
in order to assure highest
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Security Pacific
Bank Executive
Receives Honors
Richard J. Flamson III was
named the 1983 International Exec­utive
of the Year. He is chairman
and chief executive officer of Secu­rity
Pacific National Bank. The an­nual
awardjresented by
Thunderbir recognizes an execu­tive
who has fostered international
understanding through mutually
beneficial business management on
a global scale. The award was pre­sented
at the annual board of
trustees dinner October 27 at the
Paradise Valley Country Club.
Flamson's acceptance speech
dealt with the less-developed
country (LDC) debt problem faced
by U.S. banks. According to him
the LDC problem will affect a
much larger group than just the
borrowers and lenders. "These
countries are critically dependent
upon credit to maintain their econ­omies.
If finance to these countries
were to dry up, so too would their
purchases of U.S. goods. Every
U.S. farmer and worker whose in­come
depends on exports would
be affected directly and
immediately."
Flamson suggested that solutions
to the LDC debt problem will in­volve
restructuring of debt to meet
cash flow needs, a sustained U.S.
economic recovery, and a spread­ing
of recovery to other industrial
nations. "A free exchange of goods
and services in world markets is al­so
crucial to the solution of the in­ternational
debt problem.
Individual country trade restric­tions
. . . are very dangerous . . .
A further contraction of world
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trade inevitably would push the in­ternational
debt problem to a ca­lamitous
stage, shaking the world
financial system to its very founda­tions,"
he warned.
Flamson ended his speech with
the belief that "there is no quick
fix to this problem . . . I expect
... solutions to be reasonably
achieved over the longer term,
simply because there is so much at
stake."
Flamson is a director of the In-ternational
Monetary Conference,
and serves on the board of direc­tors
of the Northrup Corporation,
Santa Fe Industries, Inc., and Gen­eral
Telephone of California.
In addition, he is chairman of
the board of trustees of Claremont
McKenna College, chairman of the
board of directors of the Independ­ent
Colleges of Southern Califor­nia,
and a member of the Business
Advisory Board for the 1984
Olympics.
London Professor Teaches Insurance
Dr. Gerard Dickinson, visiting
professor of insurance and risk
management, has returned to City
University of Business in London
where he heads the department of
insurance and risk management.
Dickinson found Thunderbird
students hardworking and mature.
"They seem more pragmatic. They
want to know how to do some­thing
whereas the typical British
student approaches education
more theoretically," he said.
According to Dickinson, the
Thunderbird program is thought­fully
and completely organized.
"The international studies course
offerings are fascinating . . . Busi­nesses
will take people realizing
that they can teach them the busi­ness
skills, but not the interperson­al
skills. They can build on what
we've got here," he said.
THUNDERBIRD MAGAZINE WINTER 1963-84
N W NEWSNEWSNEWSNEWS
The "Thunderbird"
Word
A number of comments have
been received about the confusion
created by the use of multiple
names for the school. The informal
name "Thunderbird" continues to
be the dominant name by which
the school is known.
In recent years, however, the ac­ronym
"AGSIM" has come into lo­cal
use, but it presents some
communications problems: For one
thing, it is interpreted by some to
have an agricultural connotation.
Furthermore, it has not gained ac­ceptance
by a majority of our al­umni,
academicians, and corporate
associates. Yet, budget constraints
prohibit the kind of broad-based
campaign necessary to gain exter­nal
recognition for the acronym.
Therefore, all written communi­cations
produced through the Of­fice
of Communications will
feature the word "Thunderbird" as
the informal name of the school.
The formal name, American Grad­uate
School of International Man­agement,
will also be used on all
publications and in all news releas­es.
The acronym "AGSIM" will not
be used in publications.
This move has received support
from the administration and from
the student leadership. Everyone is
encouraged to participate.
THUNDERBIRD MAGAZINE WINTER 1983-84
Featured speaker at the 1983 World Affairs
Conference on the Thunderbird campus
was Ronald K. Shelp, top, vice president,
American International Group Inc. He has
an international reputation as an expert on
the service sector of the economy. Lionel H.
Olmer, bottom, Undersecretary of Commerce
for International Trade, was the conference
Keynote Speaker. He was previously direc­tor
of international programs for Motorola
before his appointment to the Department
of Commerce. Fifteen prominent speakers
participated in four panel discussions on
various aspects of the topic, "Challenges to
Free Trade," during the one-day event.
Caterpillar Executive
Speaks to Graduates
Lee L. Morgan, chairman and
CEO, and a director of Caterpillar
Tractor Co., delivered the com­mencement
address to 176 gradu­ates
August 12.
Morgan urged President Reagan
and Prime Minister Nakasone of
Japan to join forces in resolving
problems of the strong dollar and
weak yen. "There is no matter of
more urgency in world trade than
a solution to the problem of misa­ligned
currencies," he said, "espe­cially
the yen and the dollar."
He suggested that natural mar­ket
forces will take too long and
that governments need to take ac­tion
quickly before the trading sys­tem
falls into disarray. "The
ultimate danger is a repetition of
the tragic events of the 1930s; col­lapse
of the trading system and
prolonged worldwide economic
depression. II
Bruce Harris of Wareham, Dor­set,
England, received the Barton
Kyle Yount award at the ceremo­nies,
the highest award given by
Thunderbird. After graduation
Harris became the assistant direc­tor
for the Mexican Save the Chil­dren
Foundation.
Fall Enrollment
Holds Steady
Thunderbird enrolled 964 stu­dents
last fall. One quarter of the
students were foreign nationals, at­tending
from 58 countries. Women
made up 38 percent of the
students.
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Dr. Kenneth Smith, Dean of the College
of Business and Public Administration,
congratulates Dr. William Voris, President
of Thunderbird, on receiving the Distin­guished
Citizen Award. Looking on is Mr.
James Morrow, President of the University
of Arizona Alumni Association.
President Honored
Dr. William Voris, President,
was honored with the Distin­guished
Citizen Award by the Uni­versity
of Arizona November 4.
The award is given in recognition
of distinguished service in a non­profit
organization, government as­signment,
or other outstanding
service as a citizen.
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Student Alumni
Group Formed
Associated Student Thunder­birds
(AST), the campus chapter of
Associated Thunderbirds Interna­tional
(ATI), is offering several ac­tivities
for students and alumni.
The activities are designed to foster
contact between alumni and stu­dents.
They include a campus liai­son
group which adopts an alumni
chapter, researches its area and
members, and keeps them in­formed
of school and alumni activ­ities.
Campus hosts meet, greet,
and give campus tours to alumni
visiting campus. Ambassador
speakers visit civic groups, clubs,
and off-campus alumni chapters to
speak about the organization and
mission of Thunderbird.
For further information call the
Alumni Relations office at (602)
978-7135.
New Faculty in
World Business
Two new professors joined
Thunderbird last year, Dr. Dennis
Guthery and Dr. Hassan Hosseini,
both in the World Business
Department.
Guthery, associate professor of
marketing, previously taught inter­national
marketing at Auburn Uni­versity
in Alabama. He teaches WB
450, International Marketing Man­agement,
and WB 454, Industrial
Marketing.
In addition to his teaching duties
at Thunderbird, Guthery is estab­lishing
a clearing house for inter­national
business cases. "There is a
dearth of good international mar­keting
and management cases and
the demand for them, as many
programs nationwide international­ize,
will increase dramatically," he
said. His plans also include collab­orating
with Dr. Carl Frear on an
industrial marketing text.
Guthery graduated from Auburn
with a bachelor of science degree
in geography and economics. He
spent several years in Brazil re­searching
industrial marketing for
the government. He received his
master of science degree in busi­ness
from Auburn and his Ph.D.
from Michigan State University.
Dr. Hassan Hosseini joined
Thunderbird to teach WB 331, In­troduction
to Management Use of
Computer Models. He will also
teach a section of WB 330, Opera­tions
Analysis. Hosseini has an ex­tensive
interest and background in
the areas of operational research,
statistics, and computers.
He left his native Iran nine years
ago, and is a graduate of Iowa
State University, the University of
Florida, and the University of Ar­kansas,
where he received his
Ph.D. in industrial engineering.
THUNDERBIRD IMGAZINE WINTER 1983-84
NEWsNEWs NEWS NEWS NEWS
All-Alumni
Homecoming
The first Thunderbird all-alumni
Homecoming was celebrated the
weekend of November 12-13 dur­ing
the Balloon Race festivities.
Nearly ninety alumni signed in
at the Alumni Office where they
were greeted by Wayne Pulver, di­rector
of alumni relations. A new
Thunderbird slide show was pre­sented
and coffee, cider, and don­uts
were served. Also on hand to
greet alumni were Carmen Boller,
Connie Estes, and Senorita Maria
L. de Noronha.
Nearly 115 people attended a
Mexican buffet Saturday evening at
the home of Tom Bria, Assistant
Vice President for Institutional De­velopment.
Entertainment was
provided by a mariachi band and
the dinner was catered by the din­ing
hall and La Perla.
Larry Mellinger '68 and Lloyd Straits '66
watch the hot air balloons during
the fi rst Thunderbird all-alumni
Homecoming held during the Balloon Race
weekend in November.
THUNDERBIRD MAGAZINE WINTER 1983-84
Good Response to
Alumni Survey
In October, 1983, the Associated
Students' Legislative Council
(ASLC) conducted a mail survey of
1,500 Thunderbird alumni of the
classes of 1973, 1975, 1978, and
1981. The purpose of the survey
was to determine how alumni felt
about some type of core curricu­lum
requirement for the MIM and,
if so, what it should contain.
Of the 1,500 questionnaires
mailed, 537 were returned provid­ing
a 36 percent response rate from
alumni worldwide. Of the alumni
responding, 52.5 percent strongly
agreed that a core should be re­quired,
34.5 percent agreed, 8.5
percent were neutral, 3.6 percent
disagreed, and 0.8 percent strongly
disagreed. Thus, 87 percent of the
surveyed alumni see the need for a
core curriculum. These results are
very similar to on-campus surveys
done during the past year in which
both students and faculty agree
that a core curriculum is strongly
recommended, and both groups
recommend similar courses for in-cIusion
in the requirements toward
the MIM.
In the alumni survey, the cours­es
most strongly recommended for
inclusion were:
World Business
Intermediate or managerial
accounting
Financial statement analysis
Computer literacy and basic quan-titative
skills
International finance and trade
International corporate finance
International marketing
Modern Languages
Foreign language proficiency (3
semesters)
Business communications skills in
foreign languages
International Studies
Area studies in line with foreign
language taken
Country studies in line with for­eign
language taken
The complete results of the sur­vey
will be made available to the
Board of Trustees of the School
and to the Faculty Senate as a fur­ther
step in the process toward
strengthening the MIM curriculum
to keep ahead of the increasing
competition which Thunderbirds
are now facing. The World Busi­ness
faculty in November, 1983,
submitted a proposal for a core re­quirement
to the Faculty Senate
which closely resembles the World
Business courses the alumni con­sidered
most important.
The Associated Students' Legis­lative
Council greatly appreciates
the time invested by the many al­umni
who responded to the
questionnaire.
Alice Johnson
Heads Group In
China
Alice Johnson, faculty member
in the Department of Modern Lan­~
age.s, has been selected to partic­Ipate
m a UCLA cooperative
program with the International In­stitute
of Economic Management in
Beijing. She is serving for a lear as
Chief of Party for a group 0 four
teacher-researchers. The purpose
of the program is to stimulate re­search
in the teaching of English as
a Second Language and
Linguistics.
The year-long program, which
began last August, included an in­tensive
briefing at UCLA. Alice is
working with a Chinese codirector
who assists with the administra­tion
of the program. Cofunding is
provided by the Foreign Experts
Bureau in the Peoples' Republic of
China and UCLA, which receives
some funding from the United Na­tions.
Alice will return to her regu­lar
teaching schedule in the fall of
1984.
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Erickson Award
Berger Erickson, Executive Vice
President, was honored by being
named a lifetime member of the
American Management Associa­tions.
It is the highest honor con­ferred
by the 83,000 member
organization and has been given to
only 20 individuals. A plaque was
presented to Mr. Erickson during
the AMA annual meeting on Sep­tember
27 in New York.
Balloon Race Draws
Crowd
Attendance at the 1983 balloon
race was estimated at more than
double the previous year with ap­proximately
50,000 people attend­ing
the two-day event. The Friday
night Calcutta also set a record
with gross receipts of more than
$16,000, exceeding last year's fig­ure
by $5,000.
The largest crowds were evident
at the tethered Navy balloon on
Saturday and the performances of
the Navy skydivers who appeared
on both days. "One of the real
highlights was the skydivers. They
really went over well," said Judy
Contreras, balloon race coordina­tor.
Spectator stands for the stage
entertainment were filled for all
performances and astronauts Joe
Allen and Mary Cleave made sev­eral
public appearances during the
event. Balloonmeister was John
Bagwell, president of the Arizona
Balloon Club. American Express
was the Grand Patron.
Next year's race has been set for
November 10 and 11.
Anna Vickroy
Retires
Anna Vickroy poses in the Dining Hall
shortly before her retirement last
December.
Anna Vickroy, director of food
services, retired December 31. She
was a seventeen-year employee of
Thunderbird and had been food
services director since 1978. She
started work at Thunderbird in
1966 as a dishwasher and worked
her way up to the position of food
service director.
THUNDERBIRD MAGAZINE WINTER 1983·84
NEWsNEWs NEWS NEWS NEWS
Miclwel Shanahan 77, marketing manager
of International Playtex, completes the
judges evaluation form for the INTERAD
competition on campus. Also serving as a
judge was Douglas Trigg 76, account su­pervisor
for Benton & Bowles advertising
agency.
Alumni Placement
The Career Services Cen ter has
added two restrictions to its alum­ni
placement service: one, that al­umni
must have no relocation
restrictions, and two, that alumni
must have three to five years expe­rience
with the MIM degree.
Carol Hazelett, director of Career
Services, says, "It's a service that
alums shouldn't rely on totally
[but] it's always here for them. The
secret to success is their effort and
their contacts."
The service is on the computer
for the first time, making it much
more efficient and giving the em­ployer
a faster turnaround.
Alumni may register with the
placement service by sending $50,
at least twelve copies of an updat­ed
resume, and salary require­ments
to the Career Services office.
THUNDERBIRD MAGAZINE WINTER 1983-84
Dr. William Voris, president of Thunderbird, pours tea for Professor Weiyan Sun, Vice
President of the Beijing Institute of Foreign Trade, and Claude Cellich, at the International
Trade Centre of the United Nations in Geneva. Also in attendance were five other adminis­trators
of educational institutions in China. The visit was part of a program to develop
international business and export marketing curricula at training institutes in the People's
Republic of China.
Jane S. Lee '84 (foreground) and Lisette D.
Alverio '84 work on the newly installed com­puters
on campus.
Computer Course
Now Required
The World Business Department
began offering Introduction to
Management Use of Computer
Models, WB 331, in summer, 1983.
Students are required to learn
BASIC programming language and
to carry out a case project focused
on a significant managerial prob­lem
using the computer as a deci­sion-
making aid. The course is
taught by Professor Hassan Hos­seini.
It will be required of stu­dents
entering in the fall of 1984.
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On August 16, 1983, Gayle Frances cancer, there are many students
Roessl died of cancer at the age of that Gayle met during her time at
27, but not before she had revealed Thunderbird who will be shocked
to many the true meaning of the to learn that, behind the stniles
words that she had written in her and laughter, Gayle was seriously
notebook many years ago. ill. For the last thing that Gayle
Throughout her short lifetime, wanted was to be treated any dif-
Gayle had to face more pain and ferently. All that she asked was to
suffering, and more disappoint- be like everyone else.
ment than most of us will ever Before the end of Gayle's second
TRIBUTE TO When Gayle was 21 she experi- Gayle's problems reappeared, this
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ing in Spain. Following months of to Guadalajara in June, her ener-convalescence,
Gayle returned to gies focused on making it through
Editor's Note: The following trib­ute
was written by Ian McCluskey,
'82, whose wife, Gayle Roessl,
died of cancer last year. A scholar­ship
fund has been established in
her name, and contributions are
now being accepted.
It's true, I think, that each one
of us needs a hero, someone to
whom we can look for strength
and guidance. Often, the people
that we choose as examples are
public figures whose accomplish­ments
and successes we admire.
At times, however, we need only
look around us to find the real her­oes
in our lives. All those who
have attended "Thunderbird" can
take particular pride in one of our
fellow Thunderbirds, who through
her life has taught us a great deal
about courage and determination.
Shortly before her father died of
cancer in 1974, a young girl copied
these words into her journal:
There may be suffering, but
no abiding hopelessness. No
power, no imposition, no cas­tastrophe
can uproot the per­sonal
dignity of each human
being.
the University of Minnesota to pick the summer semester. For all those
up where she had left off. who came to know Gayle at Thun-
Two years later, at the age of 24, derbird, they will recall that at
Gayle received another devastating times she could be a stubborn
shock-breast cancer. Following young woman. They will recognize
surgery and more than a year of the fighter in this story.
regular visits to the hospital for When the constant pain in her
chemotherapy, Gayle was ready to hip forced Gayle to leave Mexico,
make another difficult comeback. she returned to Thunderbird to
In the fall of 1981 Gayle came to find a letter from her oncologist.
Thunderbird. The tests had revealed what she
For each of us, arriving in Glen- most feared.
dale, Arizona is the start of an ad- During that long summer in
venture. For Gayle it was much Minnesota, Gayle went through
more than that. It was a chance to many painful and frightening
make a new beginning, to leave days. More chemotherapy. More
behind, for a time, many painful radiation. Her beautiful blond hair,
memories. Thunderbird, for Gayle, sunbleached in Arizona, fell out in
was a time of new friendships, of handfuls. All of this would have
discovery, of learning and laugh- been enough to discourage even a
ter. For each of us Thunderbird is saint. But, with the first glimmer
something special; for Gayle it was of hope, Gayle was prepared, once
everything. again, to start all over, to embark
With surgery and chemotherapy upon a new adventure.
behind her, Gayle charged ahead By the end of August Gayle's
in the only way she knew how, hip and spirits had both improved.
with positive, unbridled enthusi- Although she was somewhat self-asm.
Although, on occasion, a lit- concious about her thin hair and
tIe self-condous in a bathing suit, loss of weight, those who attended
Gayle displayed no more self- the ceremony all agreed that she
doubt than the rest of us who had made a beautiful bride. Gayle de-also
found ourselves in a new en- lighted in sending her friends a
vironment. Gayle forged ahead tongue-in-cheek wedding
with her studies, with softball, bik- announcement.
ing and the pub. Her confidence Gayle moved to Ottawa, Canada
fully restored, Gayle had little time in September. She began making
to feel sorry for herself. plans to return to Thunderbird.
Although several of Gayle's close She had one more semester to
friends were aware that she had complete and nothing, she was de­termined,
was going to get in her
way. It was then that Gayle decid­ed
that she had had enough of
THUNDERBIRD MAGAZINE WINTER 1983-84
"All that
she asked
was to be
like everyone
else."
chemotherapy, and living her life
in and out of hospitals. Besides,
she reasoned, it was too cold in
Ottawa not to have any hair. And,
of course, how could she go back
to Thunderbird bald?
Against her doctor's wishes,
Gayle declined any more treat­ments.
She would try things her
way, with the help of some caring
people from whom she had
learned about macrobiotics, a strict
nutritional approach to dealing
with disease, and other alternative
cancer therapies. Through the win­ter
Gayle regained her strength
and, with it, a rekindled hope that
she would, indeed, return to
Thunderbird.
In March of 1983, with her hair
sprouting thick and curly, Gayle
flew off to the warmth of Arizona
THUNDERBIRD MAGAZINE WINTER 1983-84
Gayle Roessl
1----------- --------------
to make arrangements for her re­turn
in the fall. Her visit to Thun­derbird
was a great victory, but the
tests were to become increasingly
more difficult.
Not long after her return from
Arizona, triumphant and tanned,
Gayle was struck down again. This
time, the top two vertebrae in
Gayle's neck had collapsed. She
could not be moved without caus­ing
her grea t pain. Over the next
three months every day was a test
of resolve and courage. But each
day that Gayle lived during that
period was full of little victories.
There was always a new goal to
reach for, a ray of hope to be
grasped at. And as always, there
were smiles and laughter, hours of
talking about special times at
Thunderbird.
True to her stubborn character,
Gayle refused to stay in hospital
any longer than was absolutely
necessary. She returned to her
home in Ottawa, under her own
steam up the stairs, triumphant
again. Gayle died a few weeks lat­er.
She slipped away peacefully
one evening in August. Through­out
it all, there had been no bitter­ness
nor complaining, only that
some unswerving determination to
keep going, never to look back.
Those same words that Gayle
wrote into her journal as a young
girl are now inscribed on a plaque
by a tree that has been planted for
Gayle at Thunderbird by her
friends. A scholarship, too, has
been established at Thunderbird in
Gayle's name. Awards will be pre­sented
twice a year to students
who qualify on the basis of finan­cial
need and academic merit. This
scholarship represents another in a
long series of triumphs in Gayle's
life. Through her example and
through the support of her fellow
Thunderbirds many students will
benefit in the years to come.
Any contribution to the Gayle
Roessl Memorial Scholarship fund,
no matter how small, would be
greatly appreciated. Through this
scholarship, Gayle's greatest
dream, to return one day to Thun­derbird,
will be fulfilled.
Ian McCluskey
1981-82
Gayle's Husband
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Atlanta Atlanta Tbirds met November
4 for a cocktail party at the Waverly
Hotel, Galleria Mall. Silvia Falcomer,
'83, and Art Lucas, '66, organized the
event.
Boston Tbirds met in August for a
dreamboat cruise in Boston Harbor.
Music was provided by the Winiker
Swing Orchestra, the "Leon Merian Big
Band, and Razmataz.
Caracas Suzy Sagy reports that 25 al­umni
attended a barbecue at the horne
of Brad and Kristein Corson May 21.
Lots of new faces turned up and a
good time was had by all.
Chicago A Midwest area picnic at Big
Bend Lake drew a turnout of 20 in
September despite rainy weather.
Chile Youngho and Sonia Chin hosted
a cocktail party for 30 Santiago Tbirds,
including special guest Elizabeth Gold­en,
'79, visiting from Miami.
Mexico Marcos Garay reported a turn­out
of 52 alumni for the second annual
Thunderbird Chili Cook-Off at the
horne of Richard and Frances Weden.
Winners were: first place, Jim Taylor;
second place, Queta Ibarrola; and third
place, Rodney Tanner.
Miami South Florida Tbirds celebrat­ed
fall with their monthly social at the
Mutiny Hotel on First Tuesday, and a
Thai dinner party at Pattaya - House
of Siam on September 22. Also en­joyed
was an October potluck picnic at
Topeekeegee Yugnee Park with swim­ming,
boating, volleyball, and water
slides. Events in November and De­cember
included a Japanese dinner
party and a social at the new Grand
Bay Hotel in Coconut Grove. January's
First Tuesday was celebrated at J.P.'s
on the Bay in Coconut Grove.
THUNDERBIRD NETWORK
Dallas Dallas-Fort Worth Tbirds met
July 29 for a wine and cheese party
and a Beach Boys concert on the Park
Central grounds. They kicked off their
fall schedule with pub nights at Green­ville
Avenue Country Club and at Car­dinal
Puff's.
Denver High country Tbirds met at
the Regas Mediterranean Cafe in Au­gust
for cocktails and good conversa­tion.
They were joined by Torn Bria,
Thunderbird assistant vice president
for external affairs. They enjoyed a pot­lock/
pool party in September. For
more information about Denver gath­erings,
contact Joe Barnes.
Houston Houston Tbirds put on their
best for the international event of the
year, the XXXII Consular Ball at the
Warwick Post Oak Hotel October 29.
They also announced plans for First
Thursday get-togethers at the Rusty
Scupper. For more information, con­tact
Jane Lindstrom, Mike Jackson, or
Ben Miedema. They also celebrated
their annual Holiday Cheers December
9 at the Steak and Ale in the Galleria
area.
Los Angeles Casey's is the place for
LA Tbirds on first Tuesdays. Meet
there at 5:30 p.m. for unlimited pop­corn
and conversation. Beverly Hills
Tbirds will meet on Last Thursdays at
the Ginger Man. The LA alumni asso­ciation
is co-sponsoring an Export
Trading Company Seminar with the
southern California chapter of the
American Marketing Association in
June.
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Milwaukee Wisconsin alumni had
their first meeting in September at the
Red Carpet Hotel. Nelda S. Crowell,
director of communications and editor
of Thunderbird magazine attended,
bringing news of campus programs
and a slide presentation. They have
begun First Tuesday meetings at the
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee's
Kenwood Inn at 5:00 p.m.
New England John, Barbara, and Lu­cie
Wicker hosted a December 10
Christmas party for New England
Thunderbirds. No information as yet,
but we're sure a good time was had by
all!
New York A long-standing tradition
for New York Tbirds is First Tuesday
at Biff's below the Halloran House. Al­umni
representing each class, from '47
to '83, turned out to greet Berger Er­ickson,
executive vice president of
Thunderbird, at J.D.'s Restaurant in
September. In honor of Berger's 37
years of service at Thunderbird, Jerry
Olson, '50, presented Berger with a
plaque thanking him for his work and
making him an honorary member of
the New York chapter. Torn Bria also
attended the gathering. An evening of
entertainment at Quick Draw Mc­Graw's
kicked off the holiday season
December 1. An open bar and buffet
dinner were available along with a
wide range of music for listening and
dancing.
Paris Tbirds in France enjoyed a Sep­tember
get-together at the country
horne of Dominique Thisse, and a No­vember
Thanksgiving dinner.
Philadelphia Ed and Bonnie Auble or­ganized
a super Tbird picnic at the
Duportail House in Valley Forge in Ju­ly.
A cocktail reception for Berger Er­ickson
was hosted in September at the
Frog Boardroom. More than 30 Tbirds
attended. Berger delivered the latest
scoop on Thunderbird's growth as a
leader among international business
schools. They met again in November
to hear speaker Jim McCloskey, staff
economist for the city of Philadelphia.
His topic was "Philade!phia as an In­ternational
City." The dinner was held
at the Engineers' Club of Philadelphia.
. of Associated Thunderbirds
Organtzers . ht) John Cook
International - (left, t90 rl· Herkens '79.
'79, Robert Roussel 7, riC
THUNDERBIRD MAGAZINE WINTER 1983-84
Phoenix Thunderbirds meet at John
Scott's Ore House the First Tuesday of
each month at 5:30 p.m. A cash bar
and hors d' oeuvres are available.
San Francisco Tbirds celebrated the
holiday season December 11 at Or­phan
Annie's in San Mateo.
Seattle Tbirds met in November for
an after work buffet at the Seattle Hil­ton.
Joining them was the Association
Internationale des Etudiants en Sci­ences
Economiques et Commerciales
(AIESEC). AIESEC is an organization
for university students in international
business and management.
Alexander Boggia, '57, wants to hear
from fellow Thunderbirds knowledgea­ble
on seeds and forage plants that
grow well on marshlands or lands pe­riodically
flooded. The information is
for family members in Entre Rios, Ar­gentina.
His address is: Box 357, South
Pasadena, CA. 91030.
Tokyo T'birds in Japan were a busy
bunch this fall. Their big event of the
year was a joint party with George­tov,
rn alumni at the new Sanno Hotel
in October. Informal bar nights contin­ued
with the location changed to Mag­gie's
Revenge. Bar nights take place
the First Friday of every other month.
The next one is scheduled for February
3. Charles Emanuel, Tokyo alumni
vice president for communications, left
for the U.S. in July. His place was tak­en
by David Hayman.
Venezuela Nearly 30 Tbirds attended
an October Mexican dinner at the
home of Walter Bustard. Suzy Sagy re­ports
that everyone had a good time.
Washington, DC alumni sponsored a
Washington Management and Busi­ness
Association luncheon which fea­tured
Harry Teter, managing director
of the National Theater. WMBA repre­sents
graduates from business schools
at Columbia, Dartmouth, MIT, Stan­ford,
Yale, University of Virginia, Uni­versity
of Pennsylvania, and
Thunderbird. They have formed a First
Tuesday group which will meet each
month at a local pub or restaurant at
6:30 p.m. Call Brian Marshall at (202)
293-5580 (H) or (703) 237-2000 (0) for
further information. Elections were
held November 1 at the China Inn
Restaurant. Brian Marshall was re­elected
president, Jeremy Keller was
chosen as vice president, and Marcus
Schaefer will serve as treasurer. A De­cember
3 Christmas party took place at
the home of Kathy and Rick Cornelius
in Alexandria. It featured food, liba­tions,
a raffle, and lots of early Christ­mas
cheer.
Berger Erickson receives a fire,~ngin~ 01-
laque presented by Sherman Jerry
~on '50 at a meeting of the New York
New York O'ffi
Alumni P . cers - 1
'79 with o~~Slde~t (left) M:-::oming N. Y.
alumni. Saint-Amant-~7.°51ng PreSident URel~ramao
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THUNDERBIRD
CONTACTS
If you are visiting, job-hunting or
moving to their area, the T-Birds
marked RP (resource person) will help
you. If you'd like information about
alumni meetings and activities in their
area, the T-Birds marked AA (alumni
association) will advise you of times
and places of get-togethers.
ARIZONA
Morns A Barkan (RP. AA)
POBox 40693
Tucson, AZ 85717
(602) 325-0468 (0)
Noble Blackshear (AA)
1892 W Sage
Tucson. AZ 85704
(602) 297 7678 (H)
(602) 252-7231 (0)
Edward J Dombroski (RP)
POBox 4274
Scottsdale. AZ 85261
(602) 991-6769 (H)
Rolla B Holland (RP AA)
PO Box 1307
PhoeniX, AZ 85001
(602) 953-9765 (H)
Kenneth A JacuzzI
4914 E Cheryl Drive
Paradise Valley, AZ 85253
(602) 953-1544 (0)
CALIFORNIA
Michael C. Byram
3362 Calle Lane Veta
San Clemente, CA 92672
Daniel W. Bohart (RP)
14244 Gaelyn Ct
Poway, CA 92064
(714) 748-9486
James R Corley (RP)
8373 Rosewood Ave *202
Los Angeles. CA 90048
(213) 655-6204 (H)
(213) 8566099 (0)
James M Dale (RP, AA)
clo Villa Nova
3131 W PaCIfic Coast Hwy
Newport Beach. CA 92660
(714) 641-1838 (H)
(714) 642-7880 (0)
Bruce J Eberly (AA)
448 StudiO Circle *3
San Mateo. CA 94401
(415) 344-9417 (H)
(415) 543-9360 (0)
Paul E. Elias
c/o S. Teachout
205 Live Oak Lane
Los Altos. CA 94022
(415) 546-7001 (0)
Roland E Garcia (RP AA)
24 S Thorne Avenue
Fresno. CA 93706
(209) 442-8100 (H)
(209) 233 7737 (0)
James A Halderman
7951 La R,Viera Dr
Sacramento, CA 95826
(916) 452-1859 (H)
John and Linda Haun (RP)
137 Arcadia Ct.
PaCifica. CA 94044
(415) 994-0470 (H)
(415) 362-7440 (0)
Pamala K Hernandez
2024 Bellflower Rd
Long Beach. CA 90815
(213) 594-9257 (H)
(213) 978-6616 (0)
Ernest L Kangas
7462 Hillsboro Ave
San Ramon, CA 94583
(415) 828-4188 (H)
(415) 9309652 (0)
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Alain JP Labat (RP)
2429 Loma Vista Lane
Santa Clara, CA 95051
George C. Mussenden (RP, AA)
2325 Longden Ave
San Manno, CA 91108
(213) 289-8304 (H)
(213) 289-6895 (0)
Ashok 0 Patel
c/o Sunklst Licenses Products
Onlario, CA 91760
AntoniO C Savarese (RP)
17093 W Bernardo Dr *203
San Diego. CA 92127
(714) 487-4140 (0)
Ronald A. Thomson (RP)
275 N Kalorama *507 A
Ventura CA 93001
(805) 644-7461 (0)
LOUise CUre (RP)
840 Lake St * 1
San Francisco. CA 94118
(415) 387-6002 (H)
(415) 874-5200 (0)
William T Walsh (RP)
3548 D,vlsadero
San Francisco. CA 94123
(415) 9312375 (H)
(415) 874-1963 (0)
COLORADO
S Roberl August (RP)
2993 Broadmoor Valley Rd
Colorado Springs. CO 80906
(303) 576-2300 (0)
Hallna A BOjarski
1300 30th St, *B-235
Boulder. CO 80303
(303) 442-3072 (H)
(303) 431-9400 (0)
John 0 Cullinan (AA)
2030 E. 11th *401
Denver, CO 80206
(303) 377-1810 (H)
(303) 5302300 (0)
Linton 0 Kingsbury (RP)
441 Wembly Ct
Colorado Springs, CO 80906
(303) 576-0641 (H)
(405) 576-2744 (0)
Timothy C Walker (RP)
PO. Box 54
Colorado City, CO 81019
(303) 676-4191 (H)
(303) 676-3353 (0)
CONNECTICUT
George A Wehmann (RP AA)
28 Plymouth Road
Stamford, CT 06906
(203) 324-0428 (H)
(212) 572-6500 (0
Henrlcus M A Wlnnubst (RP)
33 Swanson Drive
Milford. CT 06460
(203) 874-4300 (H)
(203) 358-5435 (0)
DELAWARE
Dexter Thompson
28 Whitehaven Drive
New Castle. DE 19720
DISTR, OF COLUMBIA Jesse G Wilson (RP)
KA "Casey" Cummings
3608 DrUid Lane
Annandale, VA 22003
(703) 573-0961 (H)
(703) 528-8780 (0)
FLORIDA
Houston W Briggs
PO. Box 338
Kissimmee, FL 32741
(305) 846-1448 (0)
Mark W. Faller (RP)
1000 Winderley PI. *233
Maitland. TX 32751
(305) 629-1444 (H)
Randy F Graves (RP)
1400 Berwyn Road
Orlando. FL 32806
George E Grimmett (RP)
2660 W State Rd *434
SUite 5
Longwood. FL 32750
(305) 862-3518 (H)
(305) 862-5785 (0)
William Messett
Tasa Inc
Merrick Plaza, SUite 201
2199 Ponce de Leon Blvd
Coral Gables, FL 33134
James and Sally Rudd (RP)
14114 Arbor Hills Road
Tampa, FL 33624
(813) 962-3207 (H)
(813) 223-7777 (0)
JP Simons
720 SW 27 Road
Miami, FL 33129
Antonio R Vidal (AA)
10521 SW 99th St
Miami. FL 33176
(305) 667-7140 (0)
GEORGIA
R. Edward Foy (RP)
CIO Interface
PO Box 1503
Orchard HIli Road
La Grange, GA 30241
(404) 882-1891 (0)
Martha E Goodyear (RP)
1401 Palmetto Avenue
BrunswiCk, GA 31520
(912) 233-9900 (0)
Annalee Hixson (RP)
278 12th St. NE. *C-l
Atlanta, GA 30309
Arthur M Lucas (RP, AA)
2572 Hyde Manor Dr NW
Atlanta, GA 30327
(404) 344-3516 (H)
(404) 266-2772 (0)
HAWAII
Dennis T OshirO
4434 Ukali St
Honolulu, HI 96818
(808) 422-4531 (H)
(808) 521-8204 (0)
IDAHO
Harry W Grlffllhs
1681 S. CUrtiS Rd
BOise, 10 83705
(208) 377-3419 (H)
(208) 322-8288 (0)
ILLINOIS
*52
Michael Edward Biller (RP)
30 E. Huron *3004
Chicago, IL 60611
(312) 944-5494 (H)
(312) 346-5900 (0)
EriC Alexander Dennison (RP)
5914 Meadow Drive
Lisle, IL 60532
(312) 969-2992 (H)
(312) 656-8600 (0)
Robert E. Johnson (RP)
PO Box 813
Arllnglon Heights. IL 60006
(312) 934-5749 (H)
Anita Marie Sur Claricoates (RP)
707 Circle Drive
Roselle. IL 60172
(312) 893-6459 (H)
(312) 732-0750 (0)
Ms. Adrienne Wayne
c/o A Epstein & Sons
2011 W Pershing Road
Chicago, IL 60609
4432 N Richmond
Chicago, IL 60625
(312) 463-7835 (H)
(312) 848-0090 (0)
INDIANA
Ahmed M Hussein
c/o FMC Corporation
516 Dearborn SI
Tipton, IN 46072
(317) 675-2185
IOWA
Jerry W Johnson
4550 Country Club Blvd
Sioux City, IA 51104
(712) 239-3240
KANSAS
Jon Lee Feighner
907 S. Highland *1
Chanute, KS 66720
KENTUCKY
Edgar T Busch (RP)
Western Kentucky University
Management Department
Bowling Green, KY 42101
(502) 642-9138 (H)
(502) 745-5408 (0)
LOUISIANA
Robert W Hesson (RP)
221 OliVier St
New Orleans, LA 70114
(504) 362-5889 (H)
MAINE
Mr Sleven Helphand
POBox 4817
Portland. ME 04112
MARYLAND
Randolph W Boyer (RP AA)
1221 PrOVidence Road
Towson, MD 21204
(301) 321-7985 (H)
(301) 244-4267 (0)
MASSACHUSETIS
Jay J. Donovan (RP)
12 Jones Avenue
Wilmington, MA 01887
(617) 658-6594 (H)
Carl E Sjoquist
63 Revere Street
Boston, MA 02114
(617) 367-1618 (H)
(617) 482-7250 (0)
MICHIGAN
Stephen C Engel (RP AA)
6361 Eagle Ridge Drive
Kalamazoo, MI 49004
(616) 385-8976 (H)
(616) 385-6746 (0)
David C. Votruba (RP)
2792 Windsor
Troy, MI 48098
(313) 689-2302 (H)
(313) 225-3518 (0)
MINNESOTA
Mary K McMunn (AA)
1671 Juliet Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55105
(612) 699-1164 (H)
(612) 726-2047 (0)
NEBRASKA
H Mike Harvey (RP)
3222 Center Slreel
Omaha, NE 68105
(402) 342-2620 (H)
(402) 342-4083 (0)
William S Morns (RP, AA)
4825 S. 91 st Avenue
Omaha, NE 68127
(402) 339-4920 (H)
(402) 341-0500 (0)
NEW JERSEY
Belmont Haydet (RP, AA)
423 Lawrenceville Road, *802
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
(609) 695-3880 (H)
(609) 698-5000 (0)
William O. Neumann (RP)
60 Ramsey Road
Middlesex, NJ 08648
(201) 722-0330 (H)
(201) 722-0330 (0)
Sherman J Olson (RP)
37 Dodle Drive
Parsippany. NJ 07054
(201) 267-1598(H)
(212) 964-4990 (0)
NEW MEXICO
John Villeqas-Grubbs
12213 Cordova NE
Albuquerque, NM 87112
NEW YORK
Robert M. Ballinger (RP)
1 Parnil Drive RD *4
Gansevoort, NY 12831
(518) 587-7723 (H)
(518) 783-2360 (0)
C.M BenniS
7 E 80th
New York, NY 10021
Gregory Buchaz (RP)
27 Cobbe Circle NE
Jamestown, NY 14701
(716) 664-3180 (H)
(716) 664-6513 (0)
Thomas P Carhn (RP)
314 E. 80th St., *lB
New York, NY 10021
(212) 570-0039 (H)
(212) 775-3134 (0)
Michael D. Crotty fRP)
201 E 87th St., Box 106
New York, NY 10028
(212) 722-7434 (H)
(212) 752-8010 (0)
Kathleen M Kidder (RP)
84-15 63rd Avenue
Middle Village, NY 11379
(212) 476-0203 (H)
(212) 520-7495 (0)
Frances E. McCutchan (RP)
220 E 79th. *3A
New York. NY 10021
(212) 879-7362 (H)
(212) 758-9700 (0)
LUIS I Mella-Maya (RP)
c/o Fordham University
PO Stallon 37, Box 439
Bronx, NY t 0458
(212) 365-8151 (H)
(212) 933-2233 (0)
Paula Messer (RP)
34 Black Mallard Circle
Fairport, NY t4450
(716) 425-2308 (H)
(716) 338-6000 (0)
J Richard Saint-Amant (AA)
144-49 Charler Road * 110
Jamaica, NY 11435
(212) 380-3565 (H)
(212) 269-7320 (0)
R Wayne Walvoord (RP)
2550 Baird Road
Penfield, NY 14526
(716) 223-7492 (H)
(716) 385-1151 (0)
NORTH CAROLINA
Mark A Sommer
2800 Eddystone Lane
Winston-Salem, NC 27103
(919) 773-5244 (0)
OHIO
Charles Horton
9428 Gina Dr
Pisgah, OH 45069
OKLAHOMA
Udo Sielins
3424 S. Columbia Place
Tulsa, OK 74105
OREGON
James P Pilion (RP)
5321 SW 53rd Ct
Portland, OR 97221
(503) 245-2562 (H)
(503) 643-8139 (0)
Gay M. Schellentrager (RP)
10805 SW Summer Lake Drive
Tigard, OR 97223
PENNSYLVANIA
Robert J Schneck
cia INA Corporation
1600 Arch SI. 2 H 0
Philadelphia, PA 19101
(215) 241-4000 (0)
Donald W Stanek (RP)
2862 Washington St
PalmerTWP
Easton, PA 16042
(215) 252-7394 (H)
DaVid 8. T errar
c/o Westinghouse Nuclear
OperatIons DiVision
5 Parkway Center
Pittsburgh, PA 15220
(412) 373-4111
PUERTO RICO
William 8. Beaty (RP)
cia Blue Bell Inn
Guanjibo Industrial Zone
Mayaguez, PR 00708
Jerome Firsty
PO. Box 14423
Sanlurce, PR 00916
Robert Shuman
Box 1393
Halo Rey, PR 00919
Nicole Stevens
c/o Leo Burnett Co
GPO Box 1856
San Juan, PR 00936
John F. Tomlinson (RP, AA)
c/o Caribbean Properties Ltd
171 Del Parque
San Juan, PR 00911
(809) 725-9544 (H)
(809) 725-7365 (0)
RHODE ISLAND
Donald A DINucclo (RP)
35 Latham Farm Road
Smithfield, RI 02917
(401) 232-1264 (H)
(401) 781-6500 (0)
SOUTH CAROLINA
Virginia A Thompson (RP)
900 Gracern Rd *227
Columbia, SC 29210
(803) 765-4342 (0)
TENNESSEE
William M Ferry (RP)
5932 Sedberry Road
Nashville, TN 37205
(615) 352-4019 (H)
(615) 383-0801 (0)
Rodney Taylor
c/o Union Planters Corp
67 Madison Avenue
Memphis, TN 38103
John 0 Walker (RP)
5010 Ashley Drive
NashVille. TN 37211
(615) 834-4619 (H)
(615) 741-5870 (0)
TEXAS
o Bruce Blankenship (RP)
Box 5246
Lubbock, TX 79417
(806) 793-0742 (H)
(806) 762-5221 (0)
Debora Sue Burks (RP)
12500 Sandpiper Drive. *179
Houston, TX 77035
(713) 870-0913 (0)
Elizabeth B Buzard Burdette (RP)
28 E. Whilewillow Circle
The Woodlands, TX 77381
James Roy Easter (RP)
4425 Oleander
Bellaire, TX 77092
(713) 225-7600 (0)
George A GlagtZls (RP, AA)
3100 Jeanetta *906
Houston, TX 77063
(713) 974-4239 (H)
Bernard JWH Miedema (RP, AA)
8411 Pine Shores Drive
Houston, TX 77205
(713) 852-2437 (H)
(713) 852-2437 (0)
DaVid B Trott (RP AA)
6811 Mimosa Lane
Dallas, TX 75230
(214) 691·5857 (H)
(214) 386·2388 (0)
UTAH
Thomas G Goudie (RP)
5154 Ridgecrest Drive
Salt Lake City. UT 84118
(801) 967-9036 (H)
(801) 486-7241 (0)
THUNDERBIRD ........ GAZINE WINTER 1983·84
VIRGINIA BELGIUM ENGLAND Shankar Sundaram (RP) NETHERLANDS Roger N Voegele (RP)
Mahalakshmi "'25 Kasturi c/o Hazar Est
KA "Casey" Cummings (RP) John C. Cook Roby S. Swan (RP) Ranga 1 Yengar Road Alexander l. Barge (RP, AA) P.O. Box 41699
3608 Druid lane c/o Merrill lynch "'9 Midholm Madras 600018 India Welssenbruchstraat 253 2596 GH Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Annandale, VA 22003 221 Ave. louise Wembly Park, Middlesex 71062 (H) Den Haag, The Netherlands (01) 464-2068 (0)
(703) 573-0961 (H) 2050 Brussels, Belgium HA9 9LJ England 812408 (0) (070) 280083 (H)
(703) 528-8780 (0) 6400005 (H) 904-780 1 (H) (010) 149777 (0) SINAPORE
Judy Purze BERMUDA FEDERAL REPUBLIC INDONESIA Garry S. Moore James E Echle (RP, AA)
2302 Mainmast Court Daniel J. Goldsmith (RP)
Kerkehout 7 23 G Venus Mansion
Richmond, VA 23229 Robert J. Rosser (RP) OF GERMANY clo Scott & Danmark Ltd.
NI-2245 Xm Wassenaar Peck Hay Road
Seldon Rose Joseph A. Igoe P.O. Box 41 0lKBY
The Netherlands Singapore 0922 Singapore
WASHINGTON Pits Boy Road Holzhecke 29 Jakarta Selatan, Indonesia
(010) 112626 (0) 235-6204 (H)
Charles S. Hazen (RP, AA) Pembroke, Bermuda D-6ooo Frankfurt/Main 71 512792 (H) NIGERIA Richard l Hasenpflug (AA)
17810 184th NE (809) 295-3050 (H) Federal Republic of Germany 583538 (0) 10 Sunset Crescent
Woodinville, WA 98072 (809) 295-2482 (0) (061) 167-0163 (H) Caroline S. Ufaeyen (RP) Clementi Park
(206) 788-3295 (H) BOLIVIA
(061) 172-7941 (0) ISRAEL Ikot Abia, Ikam PA Singapore 2159 Singapore
(206) 485-9702 (0) Hans W. Jany Simon Hakim (RP) Cross River State, Nigeria 468-6907 (H)
WISCONSIN
Juan H. Ortesa-lunda Fasanen St. "'5 P.O. Box 1348 NORWAY
91 4066 (0)
Casilla "'20476 7022 Stuttgart-leinfelde Ramat Hasharson, Israel James W Stewart (RP)
Thomas J. Metcalf (RP) la Paz, Bolivia Federal Republic of Germany 03484547 (H) Christian Falck-Pedersen (RP) Al0 "'7 Orange Grove Rd
610 E Mifflin (591) 234-3714 Gunter H. Kohlke (RP) Nobelsgt 1 Singapore 1025 Singapore
Madison, WI 53703 Gaston l.F Pacheco An der Elskaut 46 ITALY Oslo 11 Norway 235-1920 (H)
Richard A. Storch (RP) P.O. Box 2488 6390 UsingenfTS Evangelos C Hassiotis (RP) 212-4633 (0) 732-0828 (0)
7419 Whitacre Road la Paz, Bohvia Federal Republic of Germany c/o Citibank NA Jan A. Strangel (RP) Wilham A. Wagner (RP)
Madison, WI 53717 BRAZIL
(060) 811-4245 (H) Foro Buonaparte 16 Aasterudvn 16A clo Wabco Trade Co , Rm. 516
(808) 833-2552 (H) (018) 141-373 (0) 20121 Milan, Italy N-1344 Haslum, Norway Orchard Tower, 400 Orchard Rd
(608) 836-1011 (0) Mark S.Abrams (RP, AA) Axel Mees (RP) (028) 542226 (H) (02) 532526 (H) Singapore 0923 Singapore
clo First National Bank of Bostor Ungererstr 19124 Niels J. Lindeskob (RP)
(02) 254250 (0) 235-3410 (H)
WEST VIRGINIA Rua Libera Bardo 487 8000 Munich 40 la Toree PAKISTAN
254-3678 (0)
Edwin N. Vinson (RP) Sao Paulo, Brazil Federal Republic of Germany Vicinale dei Mandorli
P.O. Box 53 259-9629 (H) (089) 394-440 (H) 60059 le Sieci Ashfaq A. Ouettawala (RP, AA) SOUTH AFRICA
Huntington, WV 25706 (378) 101265 (0) (089) 389-55233 (0) Firenze, Italy 830-9844 (0) clo Bankers Equity Ltd. Thomas J Smolenski (RP)
(304) 525-2166 (H) Roberto Bumagny (RP, AA) lee C. Stinson Gianni Torti (RP) Dr Ziauddin Ahmed Rd 173 West St
(304) 522-2742 (0) Caixa Postal 30618 10 Winterstrasse Via Amedeo d'Aosta 8 State Life Bldg , #3 Sandown, Sandton 219
01144 Sao Paulo, BraZil 8031 Eichenau 95 Wall Street Karachi 4 Pakistan South Africa
WYOMING Phillip R_ Cabrera Federal Republic of Germany Milan, Italy 513724 (0) 783-4349 (H)
Cynthia K. Ogburn c/o Harris Trust and Savings Bank(081) 417-2462 (H) (022) 716304 (H) PANAMA
415700 (0)
6034 Osage Avenue Avenida Paulista (089) 80960 (0) (026) 293307 (0) SOUTH KOREA Cheyenne, WY 82001 1274 - Conjunto 1201 FRANCE Michael C. Pierce (RP)
(307) 635-0696 (H) Sao Paulo, Brazil IVORY COAST PSC Box 2946 Jung-Bae Kim (RP)
(307) 777-7286 (0) Stanford P Wilson (RP, AA) Pierre Eugene Carras Kenneth Erickson APO Miami, Fl 34002 190-76 Sadang-Dong
Av. Graca Arvantta 57 9-11 rue Vineuse African Development Bank 522557 (H) Dongfak-ku
ARGENTINA Rio de Janeiro, Brazil F-75016 Paris, France Room 802, BP 1387 522329 (0) Seoul, South Korea
274-0166 (H) 524-5089 (H) Abidjan, Ivory Coast 590-6442 (H)
Robert B. Gamson (RP) 292-2140 (0) 334-6526 (0) 32-07-11, ext. 518 (0) PARAGUAY 771832 (0)
las Heras 1056 Martinez Susan l. Duval John P Zavala (RP) Jae Suk lee (RP, AA)
Buenos Aires 1640, Argentina BRUNEI 36 rue de la Republique JAPAN Calle Caballero 184 clo Korea Development Bank
792-7545 (H)
Bruno J Cornelio (RP) F-92190 Meudon, France Michael Brooks Asuncion, Paraguay I.P.O Box 4570
743-361 t (0)
clo Bank of America Peter J. Jucht (RP) Azabu Embassy Heights "'606 49164 (0) Seoul, South Korea
Carlos P. Seidel (RP) Suri Building 11 Bis Avenue Poniatowski 11-12 Akasaka l-chome
476-9051 (H)
San Martin 140-Piso 18 Jalan Tutong Malson lafitte 78600 France Mlnato-ku, Tokyo, Japan PHILIPPINES 776-83448 (0)
Buenos Aires 1400, Argentina Bandar Serl Begawan, Brunei 396-25915 (H) 343862 (H) 303-28512 (0) Terence M Esmay (RP) Bruce l Crumley SPAIN 344276 (0) clo FMC Corporation CANADA Meltsu-Dally
DaVid B McCracken 1-1 Nlshi-Shlmbashl Industrial Chemlcat Group Harold D Brown (RP)
AUSTRALIA Ian McCluskey 84 rue de Ranelagh Nlmato-ku. Tokyo 105 Japan Box 7080, ADC MIA clo Sterwln Espanola SA
511 Cooper St., #2 F-75016 Paris, France Takaaki Tanaka (RP)
Metro Manila Philippines Av del Gen. Peron 27·4
Michael J Schoettler Ottawa, Ontano 64 7 -4695 (H) 3-16-10-408 Shiroganedal
Madnd,Spaln
101145 Grand Parade Canada KIR 5Jl 334-3034 (0) Mlnato-ku, Tokyo 108 Japan SAUDI ARABIA Elizabeth J Nelson (RP AA)
Monterey, NSW 2217
Gilles J. Rancourt (RP) Jerome J Petln (RP) Gary E Adams (RP) clo Chase Manhattan Bank NA
Robert l. Schroeder clo Champion Road Machinery c/o Revlon JORDAN UCNA&A, Bldg 07043 Apartado 972
clo Armco (Austraha) Ply Ltd PO. Box 340 21 rue Bosslere c/o Royal CommiSSion for Juball Paseo de la Castilian a 31
P.O. Box 2 Godench, Ontano Paris 75116 France Mohammad Anwar Abdelrahman Juball Saudi Arabia Madrid 1 Spain
Sutherland, NSW 2232.Austraha N7 A 4C8 Canada (017) 654352 (H) c/o Jordan Kuwait Bank 341-7428 (H)
525-2517 (H) (519) 524-7870 (H) (015) 051307 (0) Head OHlce, PO Box 9776 341 -6532 (0) SUDAN
521-2711 (0) Amman, Jordan
(519) 524-2601 (0) Eugene H Castle (RP, AA) Michael Phelps (RP, AA)
AUSTRIA J. Wright Witcher GREECE KENYA clo U S. Army Project Office clo UN. High Commission for Refugees
98 Statesman Square Denis Gavanas (RP) P.O Box 5305 P.O Box 2560
Thomas J. Brennan (RP) .. Scarborough, Ontario c/o Savanag Associates Group Kiagu Kamiru Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Khartoum, Sudan
clo American Soybean ASSOCiation MIS 4H8 Canada PO Box 1622 Box 673 13 464-6156 (H) (812) 438-1250 (0)
Gatterburggasse 18/213 (416) 299-4953 (H) Syntagma Square Nairobi, Kenya
Michael F Chahlne
A-II90 Vienna, Austria (416) 694-3221 (0) Athens 126 Greece 337037 (H)
clo Saudi American Bank SWITZERLAND
317219 (H) Gertrude S Muloh KoPlYo (RP) P.O. Box 180 Bernhard G F. Edgar (RP, AA)
374118 (0) CHILE GUATEMALA c/o Twiga Chemicals Dhahran Airport Oberhasli 3, St. Nlklausen
Paul A Tveit (RP) Max Krauss-Droguett (RP) Juan F. Forster (RP) P.O. Box 30172 Dhahran, Saudi Arabia 6005 lucerne. SWitzerland
clo American Embassy clo Triumph International c/o Izabahn Exports Nairobi, Kenya
Harry A Cockrell (RP) (041) 442466 (0)
16 Boltzmangasse Avda Santa Maria 1926 POBox 770 559777 (0)
PO Box 34 Craig W. MacDonald
Vienna. Austria Santiago, Chile Guatemala City, Gualemala Mustafa Mamujee (RP, AA) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 12 Chemin de Muguets
426127 (H) 744544 (0) 839-3009 (0) clo Mamujee Bros Ltd
Stephen C. Gross 1234 Vessy. SWitzerland
315511 (0) PO Box 90600
clo Texaco Saudi Inc (022) 840982 (H)
BAHAMAS COSTA RICA HONG KONG Mombasa, Kenya
PO. Box 5572 (022) 206222 (0)
James Dahlstrom (RP, AA) Bill Tak-Mlng ling (RP, AA)
316754 (0)
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia John R. Svalander (RP. AA)
Suzanne J. Black (RP) clo Super Servlcio clo CCAA Int'! Ltd, 10th Floor MALAYSIA 477-3304 (0) clo BP Chemicals (Suisse) SA
clo Allied Bank Apartado 992 Ka Wah Bank Building Gregory P Hamson P.O. Box 291
P.O. Box 3944 San Jose, Costa Rica 259-265 Des Veeux Road C Jorgen H. Lie clo Camel Inc. CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
Nassau NP, Bahamas
William F. Goode (RP, AA) Hong Kong W.D.T "'57 PO. Box 7378 (022) 467747 (0)
(809) 322-8992 (0)
Apartado 1266 524-2320 (H) lahad Datu Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
BAHRAIN San Jose, Costa Rica 545-3047 (0) Sabah, East Malaysia (02) 671 -9826 (0) TAIWAN
352947 (0) C Greg Wadas 82139 (0)
R Jon Kalley John Brandenburg
John House James C. Stanley (RP, AA) clo Trade Media Ltd MEXICO clo Owens-Corning Saudi #12 lane Co HSIn·An Road
Kuw811 Asia Bank Apartado 5181 P.O. Box 1786 P.O Box 9544 Shih lIin
PO. Box 20501 San Jose, Costa Rica Kowloon. Hong Kong Craig J Dudley (AA) Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Taipei, Taiwan
Manama, Bahrain RIO Rhln # 77 Penthouse 685-2700 (H) lillian l. Tung (RP) 230755 (H) ECUADOR INDIA MeXICO 5 DF MeXICO 653-0572 (0) 45th Floor 32 272595 (0) Yadlam G Owarkanath (RP, AA) 533-6837 (0)
C Henry longmire Alley 3, lane 929
Joseph T. Miller (RP) Robert C. Fraser Claude Shaneyfelt (RP)
clo American Embassy - OUitO Sri Krishna Spg and Wvg Mills c/o Saudi Investment Banking Min Sheng East Road
Box 25029
APO Miami, Fl 34039 Subramanyapura Explanada # 1220-A POBox 1581 Taipei, Taiwan
Awali, Bahrain Bangalore-560001 India lomas de Chapultepec AI Khobar, Saudi Arabia
754960 (H) Glenn E Mallory (RP) 41517 (H) Mexico City 10 DF MeXICO (03) 827-6050 (H) continued on page 23 755483 (0) c/o Artfel Cia Ltda 41595 (0) (03) 894-4777 (0)
Arlette E. Ramsey Miller (RP) V M Rendon 120 Y Panama
Behram R. Sethna (RP) Eric D Schroder
P.O. Box 25029 3 Piso
Karai Estate, 2nd Floor c/o Johnson & Higgins
Awali, Bahrain Guayaquil, Ecuador
04387552 (H) 248 Taredo Road P.O. Box 106 754960 (H)
04304355 (0) Bombay 400-007 India AI Khobar, Saudi Arabia
755483 (0) (02) 894-3410 (0)
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ALUMNI
UPDATE
Classes of
'47 and '48
Carl Gonzales, '47, is regional manager for
Latin America for the Dunham Bush Inter­national
Co. in Coral Gables, FL.
Oliver Warner Chapman, '48, is president
of Chapman Enterprises Inc. in Ukiah, CA.
Werner E. Diehl, '48, is retiring to Florida
after 30 years overseas. Werner was vice
president and administrative officer for
Northern Trust Bank of Florida, N.A.
Classes of
'51 and '52
Jack B. Bartholf, '51, retired on May 1, 1983
after 29 years in Latin America with Union
Carbide. Jack was president of Union Car­bide
Colombia, S.A. for nine years, and also
served as president of Union Carbide Ecua­dor
and Union Carbide Argentina. He lives
in Melbourne, FL.
Kent E. Durfee, '51, is a psychiatrist in
Scottsdale.
Donald D. Kempton, '51, has retired after a
successful career with Bechtel Petroleum.
Toby Madison, '52, is co-owner of a travel
agency. He is also in charge of new prod­ucts
and diversification for New Zealand
Optical Life.
Graham C. Mehaffey, '52, is director of
marketing for Pacifica Engineering in
California.
Robert S. Williamson, '52, is owner/partner
of Cadet Industries of Oklahoma City.
Classes of
'53 and '54
Norman Carlyle Bailey, '53, is regional
sales manager for Dunbar Kapple of Florida.
Forrest Heckert, '53, has retired and lives in
Millersburg, P A.
Charles H. Peyton, '53, is associate vice
president for research at the University of
Arizona in Tucson.
M.H. Fischer, '54, has been promoted to
manager of international marketing in Latin
America for AMFlParagon Electric Company
in Greenway, WI.
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Classes of
'55 and '56
Wally Besecker, '55, writes, "Even the men­tion
of [Thunderbird] brings back ... good
and warm memories." Wally is retired and
lives in Thailand.
Carolyn Irwin Perry, '56, is running a
wholesale supply business, The Phoenix
Network, in Bakersfjeld, CA. She is a leader
in Creative Initiative Foundation, a peace
organization, and is involved in the nuclear
freeze movement.
James R. Jackson, '56, is Latin American
administrative manager with Blocker Inter­national
of Houston. Since July 1, he has
been working in Maracaibo, Venezuela.
Peter J. Roman, '56, is operations manager
for Levi Strauss & Co. in Geneva. He is set­ting
up a new Levi's plant in Yugoslavia.
Classes of
'57 and '58
Suzan Beer O'Neill, '57, is working for the
Wallace Foundation in Scottsdale.
Alexander Boggio, '57, is a semi-retired in­ternational
broker working out of South
Pasadena.
J. William Ross, '57, has retired from SCM
Corp. and is engaged in international busi­ness
consultation in Jacksonville, FL.
James D. Staub, '57, is treasurer for Alex­ander
& Baldwin, Inc. He lives in Hawaii.
Myron E. Tomasi, '57, listed incorrectly as
deceased in 1977, recently wrote to say that
he and his wife Marie are living in Abidjan,
Ivory Coast, where he is with the USAID
regional office. Marie is community liaison
officer with the American Embassy and they
recently attended a Thunderbird alumni
meeting in Abidjan.
Rob~rt L. Bruce, '58, is employed with the
U.s. Department of State as director of the
office of We')t African affairs.
Astrid Gallagher, '58, is foreign language
supervisor for the Ramsey, NJ Board of
Education.
William G. Phillips, '58, is vice chancellor
for academic affairs at the University of
Alaska in Fairbanks.
Classes of
'59 and '60
Kenneth O. All, '59, is a communications
consultant.
Joseph Diekemper, '59, is a pilot for
PanAm, flying 747s out of Los Angeles.
James B. Galley, '59, is director, Latin
America and the Far East, for the Grant
Corporation.
Theodore Grayno, '59, is self-employed and
living in New York.
Robert Ray Linsenmayer, '59, works fOJ:
Fel-Pro International Inc.
Richard D. Reid, '59, is horticulture market­ing
manager for Munton & Fison p.l.e. of
Suffolk, England.
Charles Rudy Gist, '60, is vice president for
Citibank International in San Francisco.
William Johnson, '60, is a petroleum
consultant.
Jerry Lee Holmes, '60, received the James
K. Wilson Silver Cup Award which is given
to the arts volunteer of the year in Dallas.
Jack Kruppenbach, '60, is president of En­ergy
Analyst Inc., a consulting firm in Lan­caster,
TX.
Classes of
'61 and '62
Frederick C. Arnold, '61, is a lecturer in
Japan.
Alford G. Branan, '61, is chairman of the
Department of French and Italian Language
and Literature at San Diego State
University.
John C. Cooper, '61, has joined Marine
Midland Bank as senior vice president and
zone manager for Latin America.
John A. Florida, '62, is chairman, CEO, and
regional director for J. Walter Thompson in
Central America.
Harold J. Nevin, '62, is area manager, Asia!
Pacific, for Fortune Systems Corporation.
Shirley Wood Hartley, '62, is manager of
the Boca Raton office of the Association for
Retarded Citizens.
Classes of
'63 and '64
George T. Egry, '63, is managing director of
Miles Laboratory Ine. in Lima, Peru.
Carmen Johnson, '63, is a project director
for Catholic Social Services in San Jose, CA.
Bob & Kathy Taylor, '63, are self-employed
in the Philippines. They own Asian Auto­motive
which manufactures truck axles.
Duncan L. Thomas, '63, works for Dana
World Trade Corporation as marketing
director.
Jim Berkey, '64, is realtor associate with
Coldwell Banker in Glen Ellyn, IL.
David Clough, '64, is regional manager for
South com International in Escondido, CA.
John Franklin Daliere, '64, is president of
Adistra Corp. He lives in Paradise Valley,
AZ.
Classes of
'65 and '66
Stephen W. Barber, '65, is in international
sales with American Hawaii Cruises in San
Francisco.
Charles C. Horton, '65, is a marketing rep­resentative
for Deltona Corp. and lives in
Pisgah,OH.
Myron S.Kavalgian, '65, owns Media for
Medicine, Inc., independent publishers' rep­resentatives
in New York.
Alfred J. Grantham, '66, is employed with
Pan American World Airways as a cargo ac­count
manager.
Bryan Thomas Homey, '66, is director of re­source
productivity for Coopers & Lybrand
in Pittsburgh.
J.F. Jolly, '66, is with Caterpillar Tractor
Co., market services division, in Peoria, IL.
Raul P. Masvidal, '66, is a partner in M
Bank in Miami.
James A. Verner, '66, is general manager
for Superior Equipment of Phoenix.
Howard M. Willson Jr., '66, is vice presi­dent,
business development, of Mead John­son
in Evansville, IN.
Class of
'67
Guillermo J. Areas is an exporter of medical
supplies in Miami.
Robert L. Koprowski is national accounts
THUNDERBIRD MAGAZINE WINTER 1983-84
executive for the St. Louis, Houston, Dallas,
Richmond, Atlanta, and Greensboro areas
of CECOS International.
Dean Ross is a resort condominium
developer.
William G. Sheldon is owner of the Sunbelt
Exchange; he lives in Fresno, CA.
MeLlin A. Simons is president of U.s.
Agencies, an export company.
Jim Tegeder is manager of international
sales for Bakerline, a division of Baker Oil
Tools of Houston.
Thomas N. Tengg is vice president and
country manager for Bank of America in the
Dominican Republic.
Bert Trentham is managing director of Mek­elin
Marketing in Singapore.
Class of
'68
Ronaldo T. Alonzo is vice president of mar­keting
and sales for the Vollrath Co. of She­boygan,
WI.
Robert G. Baldwin is a realtor for Century
21 in Darien, IL.
Omar E. Akchurin is treasurer of the Ak­churin
Corporation and has been elected di­rector
of the American Association of
Exporters and Importers.
Henry F. Batchelder works for Citibank and
has been transferred to Hong Kong to be
private banking head for North Asia.
Vincent R. Cavallo is working for Parker
Pen Co. as regional marketing sales manag­er
for Latin America.
William C. Demmin is senior vice presi­dent/
cashier of First American Bank and
Trust Co. in Laguna Beach, CA.
Steven L. Gold is president of Sawyer of
Napa Inc., in Napa, CA.
Ralph V. Hetzel lives in San Diego. He
works for El Camino Travel.
John A. Hobbs is a hospital financial con­sultant
in Houston.
George R. Kellerman is assistant vice presi­dent,
investment management, for the Ha­waiian
Trust Company Ltd.
Dan Lowery is general manager, Interna­tional
Banking Division for the National
Bank of Abu Dhabi. He visited Thunderbird
in July and lectured to the Seminar on Mid­dle
East Topics.
Norman F. Woods is western regional sales
manager for Hughes Microwave
Communications.
Class of
'69
Robert (Bo) Kearns III is president and a
director of Arab Leasing Company, which is
headquartered in Bahrain with operations in
Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and the United Arab
Emirates.
James R. Merrick is vice president of mar­keting
for the Mark Anthony Company of
Omaha, NE.
Howard G. Patterson is president of South­west-
Pacific Inc, of Houston.
Ross S. Quan is foreign service officer for
the U.S. Embassy in Beijing.
Charles Rutledge is an FAO adviser for the
U.N. in Lima, Peru.
Jim Smith is an international sales manager
for Ditch Witch International in Perry, OK.
He is chairman of the Governor's Interna­tional
Advisory Team.
THUNDERBIRD MAGAZINE WINTER 1983-a4
Jack Barthol! '51 Dr. J. H. Eikenberry '53
Myron E. Tomasi '57 William G. Phillips '58
Ron Alonzo '68 Henry F. Batchelder '68
William C. Demmin '68 Michael O. Murphy '69
Class of
'70
Thomas J. Atkins is district manager for
Traffic Management, a publishing company
in Des Plaines, IL.
Henry Avalos is a foreign service inspector
for the U.S. Department of State.
Robert S. Ballantyne is a Spanish teacher at
the Kimball Union Academy in Meriden,
NH.
Peter R. Banko is vice president and general
manager of Security Pacific National Bank in
Singapore.
Joseph O. Barda is director of the drug
abuse program for the Federal Correctional
Institution in Oxford, WI.
Oscar B. Cerallo is president and chairman
of the board of Tops and Bottoms, a manu­facturer
of jeans in Caracas.
Malina Elliott-Snouffer is a freelance writer
and editor for her own firm, the Blue Lotus
Co. She would enjoy talking with any
Tbirds and is especially interested in how
other women graduates are doing.
Fred Feibig is marketing manager for North
America for Dienes Neuenkamp Inc.
Marc B. Golubock is adviser on compliance
and regulatory matters for the U.S. Depart­ment
of Justice, Drug Enforcement Agency.
Georgia J. Nachtman is an account execu­tive
with the firm of DoremuslWest in Los
Angeles.
J. Paul Simons of Simons & Rose Insurance
Agency has been appointed to the board of
directors of the Florida Export and Import
Associa tion.
Clayton H. Stone is a contracting officer for
U.s. Naval Sea Systems Command in
Washington, DC.
William C. Walker is vice president, mter­national
banking services group, for the
Northern Trust Bank.
Class of
'71
William L. Goen is general manager for
Christensen Diamond Saudi Arabia Ltd. He
lives in Saudi Arabia.
John E. Hamilton is regional manager for
Allied Van Lines in Sacramento, CA.
Thomas J. Hayes is marketing execu tive for
SCM Organic Chemicals.
Louis R. Jacobs is president of L & J Re­search
in Los Angeles. He and his wife,
Terri, live in Malibu.
Robert A. Johnson Jr. is vice president,
headquarters sales, for Airco, a subsidiary
of British Oxygen Group.
Mark Kevitt is an executive trainer for Ash­ton-
Tate in Culver City, CA.
Charles Murphy is an account executive for
Prudential-Bache in New Orleans.
Gareth E. Newell is sales manager for
United Merchants and Manufacturers in
New York.
Robert H. Nichol is plant personnel director
at the central foundry division of General
Motors in Saginaw, MI.
Richard K. Phillips is area sales manager
for Motorola.
Larry B. Reppe is a scheduling assistant for
Caesar's at Lake Tahoe.
Bruce E. Roman is director of marketing for
Europe, Africa, and the Middle East for
Cordis Corporation in Morangis, France.
Benson Robert Shaman is representative for
17
Dayco-Cadillac Plastics in Kobe, Japan.
Charles E. Shields has formed his own cor­poration,
The Shields Corporation, which
designs and builds automated assembly sys­tems
for the electronics industry.
Herbert L. Steed is a commodity trading
merchant for Cargill InternationaL He lives
in Miami.
George B. Templeton is a brand manager
for Nabisco Brands in New Jersey.
Roger J. Test is self-employed as a general
building contractor in Bear Valley, CA. He
is also supervisor of the Bear Valley Ski
SchooL
Kenneth W. Trotter is self-employed as a
manufacturers' agent in Honolulu.
Duane K. Wisecup is a self-employed com
and soybean farmer in Madrid, IA.
Class of
'72
Dominique G. Ablondi is general director,
hairdressing division Italy, for L'Oreal de
Paris. He and his wife, Vanessa, had a son,
Julian, in 1982.
William H. Barkell has been transferred to
the American Embassy in Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia; his foreign service work has taken
him to U.s. Embassies in Bulgaria, the Phil­ippines,
and Honduras.
Hans Combee is administration manager for
Monsanto in Villafontaine, France.
Jim Echle has been elected to the board of
governors of the American Business Council
of Singapore.
Ralph N. Galascione is vice president of
Bayly, Martin & Fay Inc. of San Diego.
Walter B. Harriman has been promoted to
director of marketing for Hitachi Metals
America. He would like to hear from past
friends.
Thomas F. Jesson is export manager for
Jones Dairy Farm in Fort Atkinson, WI.
Perry King is an auditor for the state of
Colorado.
Ronald A. Kraus works for Wells Fargo
Bank as an international auditor in San
Francisco.
Catherine Krell is vice president and man­agement
representative with McCann-Erick­son
Inc. Catherine was recently nominated
as one of the twelve outstanding women in
advertising.
David M. Leech is director of medical prod­ucts
for American Cyanamid.
Edmund Y. Nomura has opened his own
law practice in Scottsdale, AZ.
Jonathan Daniel Steele is international mar­keting
support and communications manag­er
for SmithKline Beckman.
William C. Sterrett III is international proj­ect
finance manager for Ebasco Services Inc.
James J. Stone is customer service supervi­sor
for Westinghouse Electric in El Paso.
Steven J. Wright is director of marketing
and sales for Trans-America Steamship
Company.
Class of
'73
David H. Arbesman is vice president and
director of international currency and mon­ey
markets department at Prudential-Bache
Securities in New York.
Gordon Bowers is regional credit manager
for Security Pacific Leasing in San Francisc()l.
18
Jerry Conner is vice president and account
director with the Leo Burnett Co. in Chica­go.
Jerry is responsible for all Nestle adver­tising
in his new position. In June he and
his wife had their third child, Kathryn.
David L. Davis is senior account executive
for Conti Commodity Services.
George T. DeBakey is joining Fleet National
Bank to start an export trading company.
George Franklin Hardy is working for Ven­hire
Foods as director of marketing.
John Crawford Howell is vice president and
manager for Europe, the Middle East, and
Africa for Rainier National Bank. John is
preparing for assignment in Singapore effec­tive
January, 1984.
Gary G. Miller is self-employed as a mar­keting
consultant in San Francisco.
Gary R. Olson is vice president and manag­er
of the San Francisco regional marketing
office for Chase Manhattan Bank.
W. Neil Sabin is director of marketing for
Rosewood Hotels Inc. in Dallas.
Dr. Hoyet Wilson is professor of accounting
at Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene,
TX.
Class of
'74
Kenneth G. Anderson is television producer
for Mambrino Production Inc. in
Hollywood.
Gailian Dean Bagley Jr. owns an import-ex­port
business dealing in wholesale produce.
John F. Colon is vice president of Amherst
Associates in Walnut Creek, CA.
Pascal A.Cornille is market manager for
Saint-Gobain, a pharmaceutical company
headquartered in Paris.
Donald A. DiNuccio is vice president, mar­keting
and sales, for Stratford Control Sys­tems
of Bridgeport, CT.
Kim Eggleston is national accounts manager
for Physio-Control and lives in Lake St.
Louis, MO. He has a two-year-old son,
Max.
S. Lane and Ann E. Faison are pleased to
announce the birth of their son, WilL Lane
is assistant vice president at Morgan Guar­anty
Trust and Ann is vice president/ac­count
supervisor with Ogilvy & Mather
Advertising in New York.
Alberto Garcia is general sales manager for
Mexcinema Corp. in Los Angeles.
David Goodrich and Julie Houk Goodrich
have a daughter, Katherine Anne, born July
30, 1983.
Stephen A. Gramps married Nancy Jo
Bowling in ApriL
Sidney W. Johnston is director of finance
for Nerco Inc. in Portland, OR.
Janet B. Keeler is senior vice president and
management supervisor of N.W. Ayer Ad­vertising
in New York.
John F. Kenny is vice president of opera­tions
for the Claridge Hotel and Casino and
lives in Somers Point, NY.
Kenneth D. McKenzie III is in international
sales for L.B. Foster Co. in London.
Terry McManus is a State Farm insurance
agent in San Antonio, TX.
Mary Kay McMunn is manager, interna­tional
transport regulations, for Northwest
Airlines Inc. of Minneapolis.
Dennis Quartana is vice president, finances,
at Century 21 in Irvine, CA.
Robert Quinn is an account officer in the
trade and finance department of Barclays
Bank of California.
Jo Richardson is marketing manager, Cutex,
for Chesebro ugh-Ponds in Geneva.
Tony Savarese married Gloria Daniels June
11 in San Diego.
James Sherfey is director of Canadian oper­ations
for Star Technologies.
Scot F. Von Bergen is marketing director for
Swedish Match.
Class of
'75
Robert Bauer is group product manager for
Ben Hogan Company of Fort Worth, TX.
Nathaniel Brown is a sales representative
for National Supply Company of Houston,
TX.
Stephen L. Fifer is senior market analyst for
Caterpillar Overseas S.A. in Geneva.
Gordon Goad is co-owner of Nimbus Inc. in
Las Vegas.
Veronica M. Kludjian returned to San Fran­cisco
in October after three years in New
York with Foote Cone & Belding. Veronica
is account supervisor for FCB.
Timo Lahdekorpi is president of Hotlead,
Inc., a heavy equipment sales and equip­ment
publication company in Durango, CO.
Andrew J. Lubin is director, raw materials
trading, for Sears World Travel Inc. Andrew
and his wife, Jamie, have a son, Philip,
born March 15.
Susan L. Lutter is CEO of Owens/Lutter, an
ad agency specializing in industrial and con­sumer
high technology areas.
Hector Morales is working for Nabisco
Brands Inc. as director of development for
the international division.
Deborah NeIlson is senior product manag­er,
new products, for Miles Laboratories.
Brian P. Pinkstaff is chairman of the board
of Barter Systems of Kansas City.
Gary L. Rippen is product marketing man­ager
for Computer Associates InternationaL
He and his wife Sharon had a son in Janu­ary,
1983.
Allan Ronnow is assistant sales manager for
Hitachi America Ltd. He lives in Tracy, CA.
Kathryn L. Sommer Tribolet is vice presi­dent
in the corporate banking group of Se­curity
Pacific National Bank. She lives in
Larkspur, CA.
Jan A. Strangel is vice president of business
development for SAS Catering and Hotels
in Haslum, Norway. He just became a fath­er
with the birth of a daughter.
J. Jorge Verduzco is vice president, interna­tional
department, of International Bank of
Commerce in Laredo, TX. He was elected
president of the Laredo chapter of the Inter­national
Good Neighbor CounciL
THUNDERBIRD MAGAZINE WINTER 1983-84
Jonathan D. Steele 72 George T. De8akey 73
Michael M. Dixon 77 Shirin McElhinney 77
Class of
'76
Bruce Burlington is treasurer for American
Investment Group in Atlanta.
Steven T. Case is working for firestone Tire
& Rubber Co. as a trade sales manager in
Mexico City.
David Robb Cralle is president of Facets In­ternational
in Torrance, CA.
Marcia and Bruce Crumley have moved to
Manila. Bruce is regional sales manager,
Asia/Pacific, for FMC.
Jamie Jacob Drutchas is account supervisor
for Ross Roy of Detroit. Jamie and James
have a daughter, Jessica Morgan, born April
12, 1983.
Rebecca Judd is administrative officer for
THUNDERBIRD MAGAZINE WINTER 1983-84
Lomas & Nettleton Co. in Houston.
Alexander Kubassek is president and CEO
of his own company, Camille St. Moritz, a
skin care products company.
George M. McCorry is a consultant in
Chicago.
Shirley W. Mallette is president of her own
business, Accommodations Unlimited Inc.,
in Albuquerque.
Axel Mees lives in Munich where he is
manager of international projects for BMW
AG.
Paula Messer works for Bausch & Lomb as
an advertising manager.
Diane Methven Laitner is employed with
American Bell in marketing and technical
support.
David Nieman is president and CEO of
Lane Resources Inc. in Tulsa.
Edwin J. Noonan has started a new firm,
Intersource Ltd. a high technology holding
company.
Phillip O'Connel III is product manager for
Ortho Pharmaceutical Corporation. He mar­ried
Lisa Shaw March 19.
Jana Lee Parlow married Ross McLarty in
April.
Dan W. Pennell is president of Toro Con­struction
Inc. in Phoenix.
James Roos has formed a new company,
the Roos Group International, based in
Denver.
James Van Laningham, 76, is general ser­vices
officer/second secretary, in Warsaw,
Poland for the U.S. Department of State.
G. Randall Wada is an insurance broker for
Kadowaki Associates International Group in
Los Angeles.
T. Jeffrey Whitehurst is assistant director
for TGSLC in Austin, TX.
Class of
'77
Perry E. Ball works for the U.S. Liaison Of­fice.
He lives in Rivadh, Saudi Arabia.
T. Michael Bartley is an account executive
for American Bell in San Antonio, TX.
Carol A. Brittain has graduated from the
University of California with a J.D. degree.
She will be working in Los Angeles for the
law offices of Reavis & McGrath.
Sara G.Chadwick-Sampson is senior con­tracts
manager for GTE Sprint
Communications.
Ted Fukudome is marketing manager, new
products and market development, for Pola­roid
Corporation.
John L. Garza is Latin American and Carib­bean
sales manager for the consumer pack­aging
division of International Paper
Company.
George Giagtzis lives in Houston and
works as an account manager for Cargill
Inc. He married Theodore Petrakis in July .
Ted Danse served as best man.
Robin Roos Gurovitsch is manager for mar­ket
research for Church's Fried Chicken in
San Antonio, TX.
Tom Hackim works for Espa Development
Company in aples, FL in sales and
marketing.
Thomas F. Heslin works for Triangle Com­puter
Services as sales and service manager.
Dennis B. Kyllo is a merchandiser for Grai­nex
USA Ltd. in Bellevue, WA.
Ralph Della Ratta Jr. is vice president and
manager, international division, of Ameri-can
Fletcher National Bank.
James C. Flowers is international marketing
manager for MIA-COM LMC in Merrimack,
NH.
Moira GomeL: Madonia and Peter Madonia
have a daughter, Lara Catherine, born on
March 7, 1982. Moira is a freelancer for In­stitutiol1al
I/lvestor magazine.
Melissa A. Grant is sales representative for
the roofing systems division of Manville
Corp.
Kenneth C. Guthrie is assistant brand man­ager/
Lowenbrau for Miller Brewing Co. in .
Milwaukee.
Thomas E. Halder is general accounting
manager for RANTEC Division of Emerson
Electric Co.
Joe Hoffman is a law clerk for Wells Fargo
Bank in San Francisco.
Peter Lamb is a senior corporate service of­ficer
for the Toronto Dominion Bank in
New York.
Charles E. Lowe is president of his own
company, Carlo International, an export
trading company in Torrance, CA.
Shirin McElhinney is marketing adviser for
Coras Trachtaiallrish Export Board in
London.
Robert S. McEnroe is senior operations ana­lyst
for Ameron of Monterey Park, CA.
Nelle Newton Meese lives in Minneapolis
where she is an account executive for Car­michael-
Lynch Inc., an advertising agency.
Christopher Okada works for the Nordson
Corporation as a marketing program
specialist.
Steve Otto is executive director for Commu­nity
Action Agency in San Luis County,
CA
Jules Rudick is director of Rudick Interna­tional
of Hong Kong.
Karen A. Steiner is a trust officer/senior fi­nancial
analyst for the Crocker Bank in San
Francisco. '
Stephen H. Williamson is working for NI
Industries as chief internal auditor.
Class of
'78
George A. Abreu is vice president of Royal
Forwarding Inc. in Long Beach, CA.
David Allison is assistant vice president,
country loan officer for Spain for Mellon
Bank in London.
Toshikazu Ando is manager for Alexander
& Alexander in New York.
Douglas R. Armitage works for American
Hospital Supply Company as telecommuni­cations
supervisor.
Jan Brentebraaten is a financial analysis
manager for Ford Motor Co. in Stockholm.
Daniel J. Bruno has a new position with
Gould Inc. as an international marketing
manager.
Gregory R. Duke is an international mar­keting
representative with OSM Computer.
He lives in San Mateo. CA.
Bruce J. Ferre is a computer programmer/
analyst at Hill AFB in Utah.
George Foose is sales/marketing manager
with United Equipment Services in Selan­gor,
Malaysia.
Sandra Iden Asheim is second vice presi­dent
in the multinational banking depart­ment
of Continental Illinois Bank in
Chicago.
Robert A. Johnstone is assistant to the pres-
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ident for Boeing's newly created corporate
subsidy for Saudi Arabia, Boeing Middle
East Ltd. Robert was promoted to this posi­tion
in August, 1982 after having been with
Boeing for 3% years; he lives in Riyadh,
Saudi Arabia. Thunderbird apologizes for
previously reporting incorrect information.
Lisa A. Kearnes is assistant vice president,
commercial loans, for Security Pacific Na­tional
Bank in Los Angeles.
John P. Klecker works for AiResearch In­dustrial
Division as a division financial plan­ning
coordinator.
Victor Kluck and his wife, Nancy, have a
son, Matthew, born on May 23. Victor is in
technical sales support for Execucom Sys­tems
Corporation.
Nancy Lueck Zeitz is southern division
marketing manager for Pepsi Cola in Dallas.
Steven K. Makela is manager for interna­tional
strategy development for Kentucky
Fried Chicken.
Robert Timothy McKnight is second vice
president for Chase Manhattan Bank, petro­leum
division.
Robert H. Mason is a self-employed manu­facturers'
representative in Tucson.
Mark Sheehan is manager of export admin­istration
for USM Corp. in Beverly, MA.
Christopher W. Stevenson has accepted a
new position with L. Perrigo Company as a
marketing manager.
Linda Wilson is working for American Bell
as an associate account executive.
Class of
'79
David B. Anderson works for P.L. Thom
Paper Co., an import/export company in
New York. David lives in Darien, CT.
Pedro Thome Arruda Filho is working in
Brasilia as coordinator for international co­operation
with the National Council for Sci­entific
and Technological Development.
M.R. Ashkanian has relocated to Phoenix
from Rome and is "happy to be in Phoenix
again." He is marketing logistics supervisor
for Liquid Air Corp. Reza married in 1979,
and he and his wife, Modesta, have a boy,
Ardavan.
Barbara A. Bell is assistant secretary, inves­tor
relations, for Manufacturers Hanover
Trust Co. in New York.
Susan O. Bloom is a standards specialist for
First American Bank of Virginia in McLean.
Tzu-Tsing Grace Chiu was married on May
28, 1983 to Dr. Cheng-Wu Chen. She is
manager of Citibank in Taipei, Taiwan.
Judith K. Cole is a consultant and technical
field support staff person with various inter­national
development firms in the Washing­ton,
DC area and is also serving as
counselor for Careerscope in Columbia,
MD. Judith is attending George Washington
University to study international law.
Robyn M. Cornwell is documentation ana­lyst
with Creative Output, Inc. of Milford,
CT. This new company has offices in Tel
Aviv and London and was profiled in the
September 5, 1983 issue of Fortune.
Donna M. DiBiasio is a financial planner
for John Hancock Companies in Providence,
RI.
Mary M. Graham is financial analyst for Ro­tary
International in Evanston, IL.
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Chris B. Hann has accepted a position with
United Technologies Corporation as a stra­tegic
planning manager.
E. Scott Hebditch is a marketing manager
for Watson Inc. and lives in Ft. Worth, TX.
Philip R. Hughes is the regional director of
Weight Watchers International in La Cres­centa,
CA.
Jeremy Keller is an international trade spe­cialist
at the U.S. Department of Commerce
in Washington, DC.
Thomas C. Lawson is a banking officer in
the merchant banking department of Mer­cantile
National Bank in Dallas.
John P. McKay Jr. is a marketing research
analyst for Hilti Inc. of Tulsa. John married
Paula Turner in April. He was named an
Outstanding Young Man of America for
1983.
Drew Martin is senior liaison officer for the
Bank of America in San Francisco.
Masahiro Nakagawa is general manager for
Kasuga International, an import/export com­pany
in Osaka, Japan. He was married in
May.
Chung-Man Ng has accepted a position
with Paragon Electric Co. as international
marketing manager for the Far East.
David W. Pinaire is a parts and service
sales representative for Caterpillar Overseas
S.A. in Slough, Berkshire, England.
Donn H. Sherrill is Latin American area
manager for Sybron Corp. of Rochester. A
daughter, Lindsay Ann, was born June 21,
1982.
Craig C. Sielaff is a commodities broker for
Smith Barney in Chicago.
Virginia Simonds is director of the Los An­geles
Research Department of Russell Rey­nolds
Associates. Contrary to a previous
report, she has never worked for Korn­Ferry.
Valeri A. Smith is protocol officer for the
U.s. Navy in Washington, DC.
Gayle W. Thomas is an account executive
with Conti Commodity in Atlanta .
Masakazu Yamagishi is director of Yasui
Sangyo Co. Ltd. in Tokyo.
Julio C. Zamora is manager of Panama and
Costa Rica for Reuters Limited .
Class of
'80
Alan R. Badanes works for the Chase Man­hattan
Bank in Denmark as manager of in­stitutional
banking.
Jane Burglass is an account executive for
Compton Advertising in New York.
Steven George Calderwood is an applica­tion
engineer for Hewlett-Packard in Man­hattan
Beach, CA.
Jeffrey H. Coats is a banking officer in the
international banking services department
of Continental Bank of Chicago.
Maryanne Conlin is an auditor for Business
Publications Audit of Circulation, Chicago
James S. Crawford is manager of interna­tional
sales administration for Agrico Inter­national
in Tulsa .
Francoise Daniel lives in Lyon, France,
where she is marketing assistant for B.N.P.
Dorothy Desrochers is assistant manager for
Citibank in New York.
Mary F. Doan is an account executive for
Grey Advertising Inc. in San Francisco
Valerie G. Edgemon is a marketing special­ist
for Nelson Electric in Tulsa .
Griffith D. Frost is owner/operator of Frost
English Center, a private school in Japan.
William W. Green Jr. is international loan
officer/manager for BancOhio National Bank
in Cleveland.
Ellen Greenman Needles is marketing man­ager,
international, for Banquet Foods Com­pany,
a Con Agra prepared foods company.
Ellen lives in St. Louis.
Knut Haukebe works for the Berger Bank in
Oslo.
Katie Black Johnson is corporate manager
of Cable & Wireless North America in
Dallas.
Sumiko Katsuhara lives in Tokyo where she
is credit analyst for Irving Trust Company.
David L. Kelson is employed with the U.S.
Department of Commerce as a telecommun­ications
project manager in Washington,
DC.
John Leach is a sales representative for Rob­ert
Jameson Associates, a career manage­ment
firm in Denver. John lives in
Englewood.
Gaetan C. Lion is employed with Westing­house
Credit Corporation as a credit/sales
analyst.
Thomas G. Matson is working for AT&T
and has been promoted to a position which
will take him to San Francisco. His new re­sponsibilities
include all budgeting, financ­ing
and rersonnel matters for the western
region 0 AT&T's consumer products
division.
Rona N. Neuneker also works for Schwinn
Sales Company as assistant product
manager.
Linda Patterson is district manager for Tel­mar
Media Group in Dallas.
Craig A. Peters is an international insurance
consultant with CIGNA Corroration.
John P. Posen is manager 0 sales and mar­keting
operations for Rockshots Inc. in New
York.
John M. Sanders is manager of organization
and staff planning for General Electric of
Brazil.
Martin Eric Self is a securities and com­modities
specialist for Dean Witter Reynolds
Inc.
Robert E. Slobe has formed his own com­pany,
Intertrade, in New York.
Dominique Thisse lives in Saint-Cloud,
France, and is employed by LaboJatoires
AHS/France.
Juli Ann Thoeny is territory manager for
Kendall Co. of Scottsdale, AZ.
Filippo Turrini works for American Express
in Sao Paulo, Brazil as a marketing
manager.
Stefan Ulrich is an international sales repre­sentative
for Jim Walter Corporation.
Gerrit Van Huisstede and Kathryn T. Van
Huisstede-Helma have moved to Minneapo­lis.
Gerrit works for First National Bank of
Minneapolis and Kathryn works for Donald­son
Company Inc. as a financial analyst.
Shahryar Varahramyan was married in July,
1983 to Shy tass Fackrney.
Edward G. Zalak is with Trans-America Re­sources
as vice president of research.
Class of
'81
Natalie A. Ambrose is international market­ing
manager for the A.T. Cross Export Co.
of Lincoln, RI.
THUNDERBIRD MAGAZINE WINTER 1983-84
Maria Beatriz Andrade Bernasconi is assist­ant
product director with Johnson & John­son
Baby Products Co. in Skillman, NJ.
Dannie A. Austin is an account executive
for Doyle Dane Bernbach International. He
lives in Stamford, CT.
Honesto Gabriel Baltazar is a political and
commercial underwriter for American Inter­national
Group in the Philippines.
Joao Miguel Bielenstein is chief analyst
with Ford Brazil in Brasilia.
Julio Bielich is production planner for Mc­Dermott
International. He works in Dubai,
U.A.E.
William Boatwright works for HarrislFari- Chung Man Ng 79
non as a contract administrator.
Daniel F. Bonilla is Los Angeles area man­ager
for QSA and is responsible for all sales
installation and support functions of Q/Star,
an airline reservation computer. Daniel lives
in Marina del Rey.
Lauren A. Bonoff is working for Chemical
Bank in export finance/market development.
Christie Brandt DeWitt is marketing man­ager
for St. Jude Medical, Inc. in St. Paul,
MN.
John D. Braun was admitted to the Colo­rado
bar in May, 1983. He is practicing with
the law firm of Johnson & Johnson in Colo­rado
Springs.
Stuart Douglas Burlingham is director of
southern California sales for California Cou­riers
in Burbank.
Joan Louise Caldwell is Focus editor for the
Arkansas City Traveler of Arkansas City, KS.
Mario Carra is marketing manager, Caribbe­an,
for GTE Export Corporation in San
Juan.
Gerry Eugene Chambliss and his wife have
a daughter, Alene Cristina, born January 16,
1983. Gerry works for Red Lobster Inns of
America as a financial analyst.
Susan Elizabeth Crawford is in travelers
cheque product development for VISA.
Barbara Culver is a sales trainer for U.S.
Leasing Corp. in San Francisco.
John Davenport is chief accountant at Wes- Ciltherine Gordon '81
ley Acres in Des Moines, IA.
Edward F. Delgado works for Compassion
International. He is training for the pOSition
of South American area director.
Teresa Maria Demarie is employed with
Avon Products Inc., as district sales
manager.
Richard Driscoll is a financial analyst for
the U.S. Treasury Department.
Knut Eriksen and Teresa Earhart were mar­ried
in Norway and are living in San
Francisco.
Mike G. Flynn is living in Caracas and
works for the Venezuelan Economic Review.
Mark Gilcrest is working for Chase Man­hattan
Bank in New York as country credit
services officer for Brazil.
Catherine Gordon is a foreign service officer
and works in development and program­ming
in Africa.
Thomas D. Hall is a paralegal for Sidley &
Austin in Washington, DC.
Barbara Joan Harris is assistant marketing
manager, international, for Atari Interna­tional
in Sunnyvale, CA.
Leslie K. Healy is air cargo account manag­er
for Pacific Southwest Airlines and lives in
Mountain View, CA.
Craig S. Heinze is an export sales adminis­trator,
international operations, for Upright
Inc.Nectur Disc. of Berkeley, CA.
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Gail Susik 79
Lars He/geby '82
Dennis Wayne Howard, married to Susan
Norris, is a marketing manager for Mc­Donnell
Douglas Japan Ltd. He lives in
Tokyo.
Nicky Ray Hughes is financial analyst for
Systems Control Inc. of Palo Alto, CA.
Tom Ingram is senior auditor for NCR Cor­poration
in Dayton, OH.
Birger G. Joehnk works for Bonney Forge
of Allentown, PA as product manager/inter­national
sales manager.
Kent A. Johnsen married Sandra Sue Bes­lich
in July, 1983. Kent is internal auditor
for the DuPont Company in lIIinois.
David P. Johnson is associate editor for
Sumner Rider & Associates, Inc. He writes,
"I am an Interad alumnus and I find that I
use something I learned in Interad nearly
every day!"
Sharon Anne Johnson is a commercial loan
officer at BancTexas in Dallas.
David B. Kay is a law student at U.C.L.A.
where he will pursue his interests in inter­national
trade regulations.
Debbie Kielty was transferred to Mexico
City from Cincinnati by Procter & Gamble;
she works in brand management.
Brian Lanton works for Chase Manhattan
Bank, N.A.; he is involved in international
banking in Africa. Brian lives in Brooklyn,
NY.
Bruce Lenox is testing his entrepreneurial
skills by marketing the "S. Security Blan­ket,"
a 4' x 6' blanket resembling a Social
Security card.
Robert J. Leurck is a computer specialist
with Allied Corporation.
Sandra Lomeli de Fernandez and Jose Ja­vier
Fernandez-Guerra are financial trainees
for GTE Service Corporation.
Price C. Luber is systems engineer for IBM
in Phoenix. His twin daughters, Hannah
and Kelton, are 14 months old.
Kit D. Macy is a program officer for the
United Nations (Food and Agriculture Orga­nization)
and is responsible for moving
grain from south Lake Chad to the war-torn
area in the north.
James McCarthy is working for Visual Tek
of Los Angeles as a computer marketing
coordinator.
Cynthia D. McNulty has moved to Wash­ington,
DC, where she is internaVinterna­tional
auditor for DuPont.
Luiz Eduardo Maia is assistant vice presi­dent
for Banco Mercantil de Sao Paulo S.A.
in New York.
Elaine Mayes Stacy is banking officer for
Republic Bank in Dallas.
Daniel C. Meyers is office supervisor for
First Investors Corporation, which deals in
investment sales. Daniel lives in Liverpool,
NY.
Edward Miller is an account executive for
AT&T Communications.
Charles Edward Mullins Jr. is export mar­keting
services manager for MedaSonics Inc.
in Mountain View, CA.
Patricia Ann Murtha is senior research ana­lyst
for Heublein Inc. in Farmington, CT.
Peter Neumann is a sales representative for
Altec Packaging in California.
Nona Patrice Niner is an administrative as­sistant
with Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A.
in New York.
Jerry Lee Norris is general counsel for the
Leo A. Daly Company in Omaha, NE., a
planning, architecture, and engineering firm
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with offices in Honolulu, Guam, Hong
Kong, Singapore and Riyadh.
James G. and Maria Luiza Peebles became
the parents of Jennifer deAndrade Peebles
June 19, 1982. James is assistant controller
for Marriott Corporation in Chicago.
Torbjorn and Annette Ostlund have a son,
Jonas Nicklas, born April 5.
M. Kristine Peterson is a commodity spe­cialist
for Toyomenka Inc. in Chicago.
John Allen Price is a salesman with Cordis
Corporation in Miami.
James Reinnoldt is reservations and admn­istrations
manager for Singapore Airlines.
Elizabeth Lindsey ReVeal is manager of di­rect
mail marketing for Electronic Modules
Corp. She lives in Timonium, MD.
Tsugio Samukawa is director of planning
and buying for the Nobel Co. , Ltd., a lug­gage
wholesaler in Tokyo.
Alexander Senovsky is a program analyst
with the U.S. Army. He lives in Konigs­brunn,
West Germany.
Bradley E. Smith is a corporate banking
representative for Marine Midland Bank in
New York.
Katherine C. Steiner is an international offi­cer
with Security Pacific National Bank. She
lives in Marina del Rey, CA.
Karen Strube is an investment consultant
for FINEXCO in Amsterdam.
Claude Paul Tellef works for Alexander
Grant & Company as a senior management
consultant.
Dexter M. Thompson is an attorney in New
Castle, DE.
Rick Trammel lives in Riyadh, Saudi Ara­bia,
where he is a training specialist, Saudi
Air Force, 'With Lockheed Aircraft
Interna tional.
Devra Weisberger is applications consultant
for Lloyd Bush & Associates in Dallas.
Francisca E. Wery is manager of Latin
American and European promotions for
Nike International in Beaverton, OR.
Nancy Ann Wiese is an international trade
specialist for the Arizona Office of Economic
Planning and Development.
Brian Wilson is a consultant with the CPA
firm of Laventhol & Horwath in Phoenix.
Craig Wisda is a credit analyst for North
American Philips Lighting. He lives in Los
Angeles.
Class of
'82
Javier H. Aguilera is a senior consultant for
the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Govern­ment
Industries in Mexico.
I1han Akbil is assistant programme officer
for United Nations High Commission for
Refugees (UNHCR) in Geneva.
Linda L. Aleshire is banking associate for
the Continental Bank in Chicago.
Muhsin K. AI-Hashimi is president of
MEDEX International Group, Ltd., in Den­ver.
It operates in 30 countries establishing
medical information systems, poison control
centers, and emergency centers. He is also
president of Univestor Group, Ltd ., a real
estate company.
Cynthia Marie Allen is a diagnostic special­ist
with Abbott Laboratories in Brea, CA.
Mitchell Mark Almy is employed with E.F.
Hutton as an account executive.
Brent Amundson is an account executive
with Tymnet; he lives in Houston.
22
Kimberly Sue Barkdoll is a consultant ana­lyst
for PA Computers and Telecommunica­tions
in New York.
Katherine N. Beck is a credit analyst with
First City National Bank of Houston.
Kathryn L. Beckley is in customer service
with 'Shreve & Company of San Francisco.
Tracy R. Berglund is an auditor with Price­Waterhouse
& Company in Boston.
Michael Thomas Beutel is account manager
for Softsmith Corp., software distributors in
San Francisco.
Julie Burgess is in the brand management
program for Proctor & Gamble in
Cincinnati.
Douglas Stafford Byers is a management
trainee at Devloche Bank, AG in New York.
Elizabeth Ann Castrejon is assistant manag­er
for Galley Bay Hotel in Antigua.
Cecilia P. Chavarin is an international busi­ness
consultant; she lives in Nogales, AZ.
Mary Cherney works for International Recti­fier
as export sales manager in Redondo
Beach, CA.
Robert T. Claiborne is working for Arab
American Bank as a credit analyst.
Suzanne T. Conboy is marketing manager
for Fundacion Dominicana de Desarrollo in
the Dominican Republic.
E. Leigh Dance is executive assistant to the
executive director for the Executive Council
on Foreign Diplomats, an international busi­ness
council in New York.
Brian C. Dean is assistant treasurer for
Chase Manhattan Bank.
Gary Delemeester is an assistant account
executive at Grey Advertising in New York.
He is aSSigned to a General Foods account.
Lyn Dignam is marketing assistant for Ar­noUo
Di Cambio of Pacific Palisades, CA.
Stephen Joseph Doyle works for Ruhrkohle
Trading Corporation as a commodity trader
in New York.
Bruce A. Duff is marketing representative
for Amcor Computer Corporation of Louis­ville,
KY.
Edmund L. Dunn is president of Laualin
Ocean Systems Ltd . in Nova Scotia.
Elizabeth A. Evans is a credit analyst train­ee
for Manufacturers Hanover Trust in New
York.
Cynthia A. Floey is a senior accountant
with IBM in Boulder, CO.
Ben F1uhart is working in international mar­keting
for Sterling Drug in New York.
Jack Charles Fuller is working for Acron &
Leisure Inc., and is in charge of new busi­ness
development.
Carol M. Garloff is a management trainee
with Norwest Bank Des Moines, N.A. She
lives in Dallas Center, IA.
Jacques Gohier has a daughter, Corinne
Bonnie Marie, born July 5.
Janet Gray is a financial analyst with Secu­rity
Pacific National Bank in Los Angeles.
Sue Anne Hall is manager, major accounts,
for Strobe Incorporated of Mountain View,
CA.
Jonathan B. Hartman is an account supervi­sor
for Dunn & Bradstreet.
Lars Helgeby, an assistant area manager for
Den Norske Creditbank in Oslo, has been
transferred to Dubai and will be the bank's
resident representative.
Samir Himani is assistant managing direc­tor
of United Furniture in Oman.
Kurush Jeff Homayouni is Japanese opera­tions
manager for Trans International Con­sultants,
Ltd. of Oakland.
James W. Jackson is regional sales manager
with Warn International.
William L. Jenner is a marketing and finan­cial
analyst with Grace GmbH in Hamburg,
West Germany. He has compiled an exten­sive
list of West German companies and in­terview
and resume know-how that he will
share.
Shigeki Kamiya works for American Ex­press
in Tokyo as a personnel specialist.
Susan Deborah Kaufman is a lending offi­cer
for the Wells Fargo Bank in Sausalito,
CA.
Tai-Li Laura Keng joined InterFirst Bank
Dallas in May; she is a credit analyst.
Perigail Kettler is a legal assistant for an
immigration and transnational business at­torney
in Dallas.
Michael F. Klesh is international sales man­ager
for Energro-Olson Co.
Brent Merrill Korengold works for Corpo­rate
Investment Business Brokers as a mar­keting
representative.
Gary Edgar Kukowski is an accounting
clerk for the Arizona Veterans Service
Commission.
Carolyn J. Kull is an international commu­nications
analyst at Mellon Bank in
Pittsburgh.
Jean-Paul Leblond is director of the Canadi­an
Captioning Development Agency in
Montreal. Sayaka, his daughter, was born
on July 15.
Chung-yuen Leung is an executive trainee
for the Bank of China in Hong Kong.
John Patrick Lewis is international market­ing
analyst for Tanning Research in Day­tona
Beach, FL.
Tsui-mei Liu is banking associate for Conti­nental
Bank of Chicago. She lives in Taipei,
Taiwan.
Sara C. Long married Terry Thomas on
May 21. She is international credit supervi­sor
for First City National Bank of Houston.
Josefa Maria Mendez is a financial analyst
for Southeast Bank N.A. of Miami.
Linda Meyer works for Chemical Bank in
New York as a loan officer for Latin
America.
Elise McGlew is a corporate finance analyst
for First Hawaiian Bank in Honolulu. She
writes that the Thunderbird name is " well­known
and highly thought of in Honolulu."
She married David Michael Munro in April .
Eugenie S. McMillen is a paralegal with
Snell & Wilmer in Phoneix.
Susan McTague is a credit analyst trainee
for Manufacturers Hanover Trust.
Sara L. Mahmoudi writes for the Ohio His­panic
Institute in Bowling Green, OH.
Charles H. Mannel Jr. is employed by Sper­ry
Corporation, Phoenix, as an internal
auditor.
Debra L. Maranger Menk is employed with
The University of Arkansas as a research
specialist.
Michael D. Martinsen is international mar-
. keting manager with Ram Golf Corporaiton .
Robert Menk is an investment banker, cor­porate
finance, for Stephens Inc. in Little
Rock, AR.
Jorge Moix is a senior insurance indemniter
for American International Group in New
York.
The Aurelio Morellos welcomed a daugh­ter,
Melissa Lee, on July 11 .
Vicki Elaine Neasham Amon is a quality as­surance
engineer for Hughes Aircraft.
THUNDERBIRD MAGAZINE WINTER 1983-84
I
I
Hideyuki Ohmata works for Oki Electric In­dustry
Co., Ltd. as manager, planning and
engineering department.
Leigh Anne Parker is assistant to the presi­dent
for Image Devio'<; International She
supervises the international marketing and
freight customs division.
Elizabeth Ann Payne is management associ­ate
with Marine Midland Bank of New
York.
Stephen J. Revella is director of planning
and management services for Medical Prac­tice
Services in Phoenix.
Merryl R. Rosenblatt works for ORS Asso­ciates
as a management consultant.
Reiko Endo Sheppard teaches business ed­ucation
in Tamalpais Union High School
District in Larkspur, CA.
Harrison Snow works for Innovative Man­agement
Services, a firm which arranges in­ternational
licensing agreements.
Jennifer L. Stevens is credit analyst for First
National Bank of Maryland. She lives in El­licott
City, MD.
Paul Arnold Svaren is division manager of
Pacific King Manufacturing in Bellingham,
WA.
Regina A. Taglia is marketing coordinator
for Hoffman Group Inc. of Chicago.
Ban Kwee Tan is operations representative
for Gulf Oil in Singapore.
Victor Val Dere is international account ex­ecutive
for Four Winds, International in
Harrison, NY.
Lauwerus R. Van Eesteren is a commodity
trader trainee for Phibro in New York.
Charles Michael Vrtis is a business analyst
for Dun & Bradstreet in Los Angeles.
Patrick T. Wall works for Axia Corporation
of Tempe, AZ as an international sales
administrator.
John Thomas Walthier is a sales representa­tive
for Safeco Title Insurance Company. He
lives in South Pasadena, CA.
Catherine M. Waterman lives in New York
where she is professional development
manager, education department, for Inter­national
Council of Shopping Centers, a
trade association.
Norman Rex Wilson is an account executive
for Foote, Cone & Belding of Chicago.
William J. Wood is territory assistant for
Manufacturers Hanover Trust in New York .
Clifford Paul Woodbury is a sales repre­sentative
with American Greetings
Corporation.
Donald D. Woodhouse is director of pur­chasing
for the United States Sports Acade­my
in Riyadh.
Lorna Lenore Wright is beginning a doctor­al
program in organizational behavior at the
University of Western Ontario in Canada .
Class of
'83
Peter Rene Amrein works in sales for
American Hospital SupplylDeutschland
GmbH in Munich.
Andjelka Biro-Brown works for Internation­al
Livestock Improvement Services in Iowa.
Stephen J. Booth is a field sales executive
for ECED in Panama.
John Henry Buzaid is an export analyst for
Union Carbide in Chicago.
Bill Cline is an energy specialist for Arizona
Utility Control.
Beth Cornforth is an international client ser-
THUNDERBIRD MAGAZINE WINTER 1983-84
vice trainee for Leo Burnett Company Inc.
Kim Crites is an international auditor for
Schering-Plough Corporation of New Jersey.
Frederico Della Noce lives in Sao Paulo,
Bra7il, where he is director of marketing for
Brazil and South America for Verbatim
Comercial Ltda., a subsidiary of Verbatim
Corp. of Sunnyvale, CA.
Michael Edward Dwyer is a sales represent­ative
for Mallinckrodt Inc. in Seattle.
David Epstein is a credit analyst for Wells
Fargo, N.A. He lives in San Rafael, CA.
Silvia J. Falcomer is a market analyst for
Nordson Corp., packaging and assembly di­vision.
She lives in Norcross, GA and is
willing to help any alumni relocate in the
Atlanta area.
Doug Fremont is a foreign branch manager
trainee for American International Group in
New York.
Miriam Lee Greenwald is employed with
the Tandy Corporation as a computer mar­keting
representative.
Laurie Greever Lukens works for Security
Pacific National Bank as a wholesale mar­keting
manager.
Lee Holt is a project director for Basic Ser­vices
International in Cairo.
Caroline Hubbel and Ronald Case Walradt
were married in Virginia in October. They
live in Milwaukee where Ronald is em­ployed
with First Wisconsin Bank.
Carl Lester is a sales trainee with Motorola.
He lives in Scottsdale.
Alan Long is an analyst in the compliance
department of the Department of Com­merce.
He and his wife, Deborah, live in
Arlington, VA.
Jan Marler has accepted a position with
Fort Howard Paper Co. and is working in
Phoenix.
Anindya Mitra is a senior auditor with To­back
& Co. in Phoenix.
Juan Humberto Ortega-Landa married Mar­ia
Renee Candia de Ortega . He is a sales
manager for Coca-Cola in La Paz, Bolivia.
Donavon J. Ostrom is a trainee/loan repre­sentative
with First Security Corporation­Utah
Mortgage in Phoenix .
Henry S. Pelifian is a passport agent for the
U.S. Department of State.
J. Douglas Raff is an account executive
with Newport Securities Corp. in Newport
Beach, CA.
James Ray Riggs is living in Miami. He is a
credit analyst for Dun & Bradstreet.
Kendra Kay Schmick is an internal auditor
with Monsanto in St. Louis.
William A. Sholten III is working for the
First National Bank of Chicago as associate
manager, credit training program.
Lisa Sinclitico is international customer ser­vice
representative for SGS Semiconductor
Corp. in Phoenix.
Michiya Suzuki is new product marketing
counselor for Avon Products Inc. in New
York.
Gregory M. Thomas is an account executive
trainee with Dean Witter Reynolds in Mesa,
AZ.
John W. Warner is a newsstand circulation
analyst for Hearst Publishing Company.
Deaths
Ralph C. Harpham, '49, died late in August
1983.
Jim Trahern, '58, died in June 1983 after a
long illness.
Trustee Profile
continued from page 3
quality leadership, diversity and
flexibility in business, profes­sional,
civic and service
enterprises.
• Understands and accepts that
the proper role of a trustee is
not to manage but to see that
the institution is well managed
and honestly reported; not to
participate in administration, but
through a constant, studied ob­jective
effort, search for the best
institutional policy.
• Becomes a "student" of the in­stitution-
its role, its programs,
its personnel, its peers, its prob­lems,
its potention-so as to be
able consciously to ask and to
seek answers of substance in all
meetings and at other times.
Thunderbird Contacts
continued from page 15
THAILAND
Thermchal Phinyawatana (RP)
c/o Ylpintsol Finance Ltd
475 Sn Ayudhya Road
Phayathal
Bangkok 4 Thaltand
245-34012 (0)
James P Rooney (RP)
c/o JP Rooney & ASSOCiates
PO Box 11-1238
Bangkok. Thaltand
234-3031 (H)
25 1-2323 (0)
TUNISIA
Scott K Johnson (RP)
Apt 10. Immeuble Reyhane 2
Cite MahraJane
Tunis, Tunisia
TURKEY
Murat A liter (RP)
Farabl Sokak No 315
Cankaya
Ankara. Turkey
VENEZUELA
Suzy A Sagy Kulcsar (RP)
Apdo 51228
Caracas 105A Venezuela
745169 (H)
239-4442 (0)
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PHOTOGRAPH POLICY
The Alumni Relations office
receives many photographs of
alumni events all over the world.
Unfortunately, many of them
show large groups of people who
either cannot be recognized or are
shown too dark to print. Others
come in with no identification and
still others are taken at too great a
distance for the individuals to be
distinguishable.
Therefore, the following
guidelines have been established
to aid our alumni in taking
photographs that can be used in
publication:
1. BLACK AND WHITE IS BET­TER.
Although we have printed
color photos in the past, black and­white
photos are much preferred
and will increase your chances of
getting into print.
2. CLOSE IS CLEARER. A photo­graph
taken from a distance of ten
feet or less from the subject is
much more likely to be
identifiable.
3. PHOTOS NEED FACTS. Please
send the information about an
event in the same envelope with
the photo.
4. FEWER IS FINER. Generally
speaking, photos should not show
more than five people; two or
three are even better.
5. FACES ARE FEATURED. Your
friends want to know what you
look like. Show us a smile, an ani­mated
conversation, an intense
moment, but do not look at the
camera.
6. NAMES ARE NECESSARY.
Identify all photos by place, date,
and people. Be sure the information
about the event is sent with the
photo.
7. CLUTTER IS CONFUSING.
Avoid unnecessary details in your
photo; the table full of dishes, the
tourist crowd in the background,
the drink in the hand.
8. TIMELINESS IS TERRIFIC.
The sooner we get your informa­tion,
the more likely we are to
print it. Generally speaking, you
should send your information to
us within a week of the event.
MISSING THUNDERBIRDS CLASS OF '61
We need your help
once again! If you know
the whereabouts of
these alumni, please
send the information to
us at The Alumni
Office, American
Graduate School of
International
Management, Glendale,
Arizona, 85306.
Information you
provide to our office
about your T -Bird
friends and business
associates helps us to
spread the word of both
campus happenings and
regional alumni chapter
gatherings a little
further. Lists of
unknown alumni by
class will appear in
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upcoming issues of
"Thunderbird." We're
eager to receive any
news about you, your
family, and your T-bird
friends, so please
include this information
too for our Update
section.
Anderson, Welsey A.
Beck, Robert N.
Benson, George A.
Bieling, Jobst A.
Brazil, Franz W.
Bunn, Bernard C.
Camargo, Fernando P.
Camlikaya, Nail E.
Cohan, Henry S.
Colebaugh, Harold F.
Collins, Jack E.
Cruz, James E.
Davis, William P.
De St. Nicolas, John L.
Doke, Pleas A.
Dower,Weston G.
Epperson, Marvin G.
Estrada, Miriam
Euteneier, Max G.
Galaviz, Edward
Gilson, James E.
Goodwin, Charles E.
Gromatzky, Irene
Hann, Donald R.
Harris, C. W.
Horr, Kenneth R.
Hughes, Albert D.
Kjorlien, Ralph E.
Kleypas, James B.
Kreimendahl, Richard P.
Lindberg, William
MacKay, John F.
Moore, Kenyon C.
Nadeau, Edward J.
O'Brien, Gerald F.
O'Connor, Ralph K.
Perry, A.J.
Phillips, William M.
Riedy, James B.
Rigoni, Ronald G.
Ross, Alexander H.
Saint Romain, Burnette G.
Sandow, Richard E.
Schnider, Errol H.
Schoendorf, Fred A.
Schultz, John C.
Soto, Heriberto
Stewart, D. L.
Swanes, Kirt F.
Tooman, Norman L.
Veneman, Richard D.
Wagoner, Virgil C.
Wafsh, Thomas J.
Williams, Karen G.
THUNDERBIRD MAGAZINE WINTER 1983-84
BOSTON
Jay Donovan '79
Steve Hall '69
Suzanne Remar '79
Pres.
Danielle Dufour '77
VP
Tom Curran '82
Treas.
Rob Babson '80
Seety.
NEW YORK
Manuel Bramao '79
Pres.
Taco Proper '79
1st VP
Debra Dickson '81
VP
Peggy Peckham '74
VP
Sherman Olson '50
Seety.
Dick Saint Amant '75
Seety.
PHILADELPHIA
Norbert Josten '76
Pres.
David Hornbach '79
Treas.
CHICAGO
Eric Denniston '80
MIAMI
Paul Simons '70
Pres.
Greg Hargrett '68
Treas.
Alumni
Chapter
Leaders
KANSAS CITY
12 Jones Avenue (H) (617) 658-6594 Diane Hart '80
Wilmington, MA 01887 (0) Same
25 Church Street ~H) (617) 326-3443 George Hiller '72
Dedham, MA 02026 0) Same
53 Parkman SI. #3A (H) (617) 232-5317 DALLAS
Brookline, MA 02146 (W) (617) 292-3273 Dave Trott '74
301 North SI. (H) (617) 367-5875
Boston, MA 02113 (W) (617) 569-5270 HOUSTON
1 Dix Road (H) (617) 935-0615 Ben Miedema '77
Woburn, MA 01801 (W) 577-2373 Pres.
94 112 Armington SI. (H) (401) 461 -8165 Mike Jackson '81
Cranston, RI 02905 (W) 885-4300 VP
Joe Ringer '68
210 E. 84th SI. #1A ~H) (212) 249-4225
Treas.
New York, NY 10028 0) 286-3053 Mark Kerrissey '76
525 E. 81 st SI. #2J ~H) (212) 988-7043
Seety.
New York, NY 10028 0) 697-6000
166 E. 78th SI. 5B ~H~ (212) 734-5446
LOS ANGELES
New York, NY 10021 o 974-1630 Greg Hansen '78 Pres.
36 W. 9th SI. #2A !H) (212) 477-3519 Mary Carney '76 New York, NY 10011 0) 552-0539 VP
37 Dodie Dr. !H) (201) 267-1598 Jeri Towner '78 Parsippany, NJ 07054 0) (212) 964-4990 Treas.
144-49 Charter Rd. #110 (H) (212) 380-3565 SAN FRANCISCO Jamaica, NY 11435 (0) 269-7320 Tom Williams '80
VP
903 S. Providence Rd. (H) (215) 874-9058 Maryann Soo '81 Wallingford, PA 19086 (W) 522-3366 Treas/Seety
5500 Wissahickon Ave. ~H) (215) 844-1789 PHOENIX #803-C W) 985-7281 Tom Peterson '77
Chairman
232 Northridge ~H) Skeet Holland '78 Bolingbrook, IL 60439 W) (312) 656-8600 Vice Ch.
c/o Simons & Rose t) (305) 858-6317
Coconut Grove, FL 33133 W) 443-4886 Debbie Haas '79
7730 SW 53rd Place ~H) (305) 591-8387 Seety
Miami, FL 33143 W) 667-7412 Doug Quelland '72
Treas.
7835 W. 61st Terr. (H) (913) 432-3359
Overland Park, KS 77202 (0) 888-2701
7712 Tomahawk Rd. (H) (913) 648·6099
Prairie Village, KS 66208 (0) 234-2603
6811 Mimosa Lane
Dallas, TX 75230
P.O. Box 60855
Houston, TX 77205
20105 Dawnmist SI.
Humble, TX 77338
7619 Wycomb Dr.
Houston, TX 77070
c/o Elecl. Conn. Co.
9009 Westheimer Rd.
Houston, TX 77063
(H) (211) 691-5857
(0) (214) 248-3201
(H) (713) 852-2437
(0) Same
(H) (713) 852-7116
(0) 227-0987
(H) (713) 469-6582
(0) 757-6220
(H) (713) 669-1202
(0) 781-5161
11914 Darlington Ave. #2 (H) (213) 820-3230
Los Angeles, CA 90049 (0) 577-1500
62 W. Alegria (H) (213) 355-8825
Sierra Madre, CA 91024 (H) Same
4041 Via Marisol, #108
Los Angeles, CA 90042
(H) (213) 227-0608
(0) 614-7601
2400 Van Ness Ave. (H) (415) 388-8078
San Francisco, CA 94019 (0) 271-9244
1006 Warfield Ave. (H) (415) 451-7258
Oakland, CA 94610 (0) (415) 254-9550
43 Spur Circle
Scottsdale, AZ 85251
4943 E. Weathersfield
Scottsdale, AZ 85001
P.O. Box 1307
Phoenix, AZ 85001
(H) (602) 947-9411
(0) 991 -1460
(H) (602) 953-9765
(0)
2708 W. Saguaro #9-101 (H) (602) 993-8412
Phoenix, AZ 85029 (0) 589-4237
3002 W. Sandra Terrace (H) (602) 942-4613
Phoenix, AZ 85023 (0) 978-8772
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NEWYOR
N FRANCI
OSANGEL
ICAGO
Trustees and Thunderbird
have a special connection,
even more so now that an alum­nus
is Chairman of the Board.
4
News
International Executive of the
Year ... World Affairs Con-ference
... Events on campus
. .. and more
10
PHOENIX
OUSTON
lAM I
D~ ALLAS A tribute to a courageous
~ Thunderbird
HINGTON,
OSTON
OKYO
12
Thunderbird Network
14
LONDON Thunderbird Contacts
EJANEIRO 16
XICO CITY Alumni Update
Cover
Associated Thunderbirds In­ternational
(A TI) chapters are
world-wide and growing fast.
See facing page and inside
back cover for more informa­tion
on how you can become
part of the A TI network.
24
Missing Thunderbirds
Winter, 1983-84
Quarterly magazine of the
Alumni Relations Office of the
American Graduate School of
International Management,
Thunderbird Campus
Glendale, AZ 85306
(602) 978-7135
TELEX 18-7123
Director of Alumni Relations and
Publisher:
Wayne M. Pulver '701'78
Alumni Office Staff:
Anna Banks
Cathy Benoit
Diane Bridgman
Donna Cleland
Maher Hamden '83
Steve Heronemus '84
Lisa Klemme
Ruth McLeod '83
Myra Niemeier
Rajesh Thacker '83
Special Assistants:
Ginger Gossen '84
Mary Beth Simons '84
Bill Queen '84
Kim Wong'84
Director of Communications and
Editor:
Nelda S. Crowell
Assistant Editors:
Kim Thornton
Nancy Nebeker
Communications Staff:
Irene Ringdahl
Mark Bockley '84
Paul Moore '84
Joseph M. Klein '47
Portrait of a Trustee
For the first time in the history
of the school, an alumnus has
been named chairman of the Board
of Trustees. Futhermore, he is a
member of the school's first gradu­ating
class and the 1974 recipient
of the Jonas Mayer Distinguished
Alumnus Award.
Joseph M. Klein of the class of
1947, was elected chairman of the
board at the October annual meet­ing.
He had served as acting chair­man
since the death of Roger Lyon
in April. As a board member since
1975, he has been a strong advo­cate
of the School, and his concern
and intimate knowledge of the
School's philosophy have made
him a moving force in the group.
Klein is now president and a di­rector
of Pluess-Staufer Industries,
Inc., a privately owned multina­tional
mining company. Prior to
joining the firm in 1979, as execu­tive
vice president, he held a simi­lar
position with Cyprus Mines
Corporation.
He began his rising career as a
junior salesman in the Phoenix
branch office of Clary Corporation,
a firm that entered the office
equipment field just after World
War II. Klein made it known up
front that his goal was to work in
international operations when the
opportunity presented itself. With­in
a year, he became branch man-
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ager of the Phoenix office and
three years later was promoted to
director of sales training and pro­motion
at Clary Headquarters in
Los Angeles.
His international wish was soon
fulfilled when he worked for the
Clary's Mexican affiliate that was
setting up an assembly and mar­keting
facility. From 1955 to 1960,
Klein was vice president in charge
of international operations for
Clary, and was instrumental in
spreading activities worldwide.
When Remington purchased the
Clary office equipment operations,
Klein served in New York as a di­rector
of the Remington interna­tional
operations from 1960
through 1962.
Joe Klein '47 shares a light moment with
John Lambert '53 during a meeting of the
Presidents Council.
Joseph M. Klein '47 - Chairman of the
Board of Trustees
Following his period with Clary
and Remington, Klein's career took
a different twist. From 1962
through 1966, Klein was president
of NBC International, Inc. and vice
president of NBC News, based in
New York.
Throughout his career, Klein has
maintained close ties with Thun­derbird.
He has lectured to classes
on several occasions and received
the Southern California Thunder­bird
Alumni Award in 1974. He is
a charter member of the Presi­dent's
Council and pays frequent
visits to the campus.
He has been a member of the
President's Regional Export Expan­sion
Council and is listed in Who's
Who in America and Who's Who
in the World. He is married, has
four children, and currently lives
in Pacific Palisades, California.
THUNDERBIRD MA.GA.ZINE WINTER 1983-84
What is a
Trustee?
Profile
The Board of Trustees is the gov­erning
body of the American Grad­uate
School of International
Management, establishing policies
to achieve the goals and mission of
the School.
It selects the chief executive offi­cer
and the executive vice presi­dent
and follows through by
requesting audits to determine
whether the management is oper­ating
effectively and managing as­sets
prudently.
Equally important, the board
provides the central force of spon­sorship,
advocacy, and develop­ment
of the School. Six key board
committees carry on the work of
the trustees: Executive Committee,
Academic Affairs Committee, Stu­dent
Affairs Committee, Business
Affairs Committee, Development
Committee, and Committee on
Trustees.
Thunderbird is fortunate to have
a board that includes a large num­ber
of concerned citizens and six
alumni as its members.
J. Kenneth Seward '57 is the newest alum­nus
to be appointed to the Thunderbird
Board of Trustees.
THUNDERBIRD /vV\GAZINE WINTER 1983-84
Alumni Trustees
Six alumni are currently
serving as members of the
Board of Trustees for
American Graduate School of
International Management:
Kenneth A. Jacuzzi '79
President
KAJ Software Inc.
Phoenix, Arizona
Joseph M. Klein' 47
Chairman of the Board
Pluess-Staufer
International, Inc.
Los Angeles, California
Alfred M. Miossi '48
Executive Vice President
Continental Bank
Chicago, Illinois
J. Kenneth Seward '57
Senior Vice President
Johnson & Higgins
New York, New York
Charles M. Stockholm '56
Senior Executive
Vice President
Crocker National Bank
San Francisco, California
Daniel D. Witcher '50
President
Upjohn International, Inc.
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Appointment to the Board of
Trustees is one of the highest hon­ors
and at the same time one of
the greatest responsibilities the
School can bestow on an individu­al.
The following profile describes
the qualities and convictions that
portray a Thunderbird trustee.
• Understands and makes the
commitment that, as a trustee,
he/she will be expected to make
not only responsible investment
in the institution of his/her time,
imagination, intellectual ablility,
and energy, but also such rea­sonable
commitment of personal
material resources to demon­strate
full acceptance of a leader­ship
pace-setting responsibility
in the institution's development
program.
• Insists that the Board and the
School think out and define
clearly the mission of the institu­tion
and its relevance to impor­tant
needs of society, constantly
updating relevance to interna­tional
management imperatives,
and constantly testing policy and
other decisions against this state­ment
as to validity, desirability,
and practicality.
• Has talents, skills, and/or experi­ence
which makes him/her a val­uable
member of a major Board
committee after a thorough ori­entation
as a trustee.
• Works not only as a trustee but
also serves actively as an ambas­sador
to others in an effort con­stantly
to enlarge the sponsoring
group for the institution. Has
pride in the institution, in his/
her trusteeship, in the special
opportunity to function, and is
proud to show it.
• Has an abiding conviction that
quality graduate higher educa­tion
is vitally important to the
welfare of our country; sets an
example for all local and foreign
national students and friends;
and contributes to the search for
peace and prosperity.
• Believes that it is important to
maintain a strong system of edu­cation
in order to assure highest
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Security Pacific
Bank Executive
Receives Honors
Richard J. Flamson III was
named the 1983 International Exec­utive
of the Year. He is chairman
and chief executive officer of Secu­rity
Pacific National Bank. The an­nual
awardjresented by
Thunderbir recognizes an execu­tive
who has fostered international
understanding through mutually
beneficial business management on
a global scale. The award was pre­sented
at the annual board of
trustees dinner October 27 at the
Paradise Valley Country Club.
Flamson's acceptance speech
dealt with the less-developed
country (LDC) debt problem faced
by U.S. banks. According to him
the LDC problem will affect a
much larger group than just the
borrowers and lenders. "These
countries are critically dependent
upon credit to maintain their econ­omies.
If finance to these countries
were to dry up, so too would their
purchases of U.S. goods. Every
U.S. farmer and worker whose in­come
depends on exports would
be affected directly and
immediately."
Flamson suggested that solutions
to the LDC debt problem will in­volve
restructuring of debt to meet
cash flow needs, a sustained U.S.
economic recovery, and a spread­ing
of recovery to other industrial
nations. "A free exchange of goods
and services in world markets is al­so
crucial to the solution of the in­ternational
debt problem.
Individual country trade restric­tions
. . . are very dangerous . . .
A further contraction of world
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trade inevitably would push the in­ternational
debt problem to a ca­lamitous
stage, shaking the world
financial system to its very founda­tions,"
he warned.
Flamson ended his speech with
the belief that "there is no quick
fix to this problem . . . I expect
... solutions to be reasonably
achieved over the longer term,
simply because there is so much at
stake."
Flamson is a director of the In-ternational
Monetary Conference,
and serves on the board of direc­tors
of the Northrup Corporation,
Santa Fe Industries, Inc., and Gen­eral
Telephone of California.
In addition, he is chairman of
the board of trustees of Claremont
McKenna College, chairman of the
board of directors of the Independ­ent
Colleges of Southern Califor­nia,
and a member of the Business
Advisory Board for the 1984
Olympics.
London Professor Teaches Insurance
Dr. Gerard Dickinson, visiting
professor of insurance and risk
management, has returned to City
University of Business in London
where he heads the department of
insurance and risk management.
Dickinson found Thunderbird
students hardworking and mature.
"They seem more pragmatic. They
want to know how to do some­thing
whereas the typical British
student approaches education
more theoretically," he said.
According to Dickinson, the
Thunderbird program is thought­fully
and completely organized.
"The international studies course
offerings are fascinating . . . Busi­nesses
will take people realizing
that they can teach them the busi­ness
skills, but not the interperson­al
skills. They can build on what
we've got here," he said.
THUNDERBIRD MAGAZINE WINTER 1963-84
N W NEWSNEWSNEWSNEWS
The "Thunderbird"
Word
A number of comments have
been received about the confusion
created by the use of multiple
names for the school. The informal
name "Thunderbird" continues to
be the dominant name by which
the school is known.
In recent years, however, the ac­ronym
"AGSIM" has come into lo­cal
use, but it presents some
communications problems: For one
thing, it is interpreted by some to
have an agricultural connotation.
Furthermore, it has not gained ac­ceptance
by a majority of our al­umni,
academicians, and corporate
associates. Yet, budget constraints
prohibit the kind of broad-based
campaign necessary to gain exter­nal
recognition for the acronym.
Therefore, all written communi­cations
produced through the Of­fice
of Communications will
feature the word "Thunderbird" as
the informal name of the school.
The formal name, American Grad­uate
School of International Man­agement,
will also be used on all
publications and in all news releas­es.
The acronym "AGSIM" will not
be used in publications.
This move has received support
from the administration and from
the student leadership. Everyone is
encouraged to participate.
THUNDERBIRD MAGAZINE WINTER 1983-84
Featured speaker at the 1983 World Affairs
Conference on the Thunderbird campus
was Ronald K. Shelp, top, vice president,
American International Group Inc. He has
an international reputation as an expert on
the service sector of the economy. Lionel H.
Olmer, bottom, Undersecretary of Commerce
for International Trade, was the conference
Keynote Speaker. He was previously direc­tor
of international programs for Motorola
before his appointment to the Department
of Commerce. Fifteen prominent speakers
participated in four panel discussions on
various aspects of the topic, "Challenges to
Free Trade," during the one-day event.
Caterpillar Executive
Speaks to Graduates
Lee L. Morgan, chairman and
CEO, and a director of Caterpillar
Tractor Co., delivered the com­mencement
address to 176 gradu­ates
August 12.
Morgan urged President Reagan
and Prime Minister Nakasone of
Japan to join forces in resolving
problems of the strong dollar and
weak yen. "There is no matter of
more urgency in world trade than
a solution to the problem of misa­ligned
currencies," he said, "espe­cially
the yen and the dollar."
He suggested that natural mar­ket
forces will take too long and
that governments need to take ac­tion
quickly before the trading sys­tem
falls into disarray. "The
ultimate danger is a repetition of
the tragic events of the 1930s; col­lapse
of the trading system and
prolonged worldwide economic
depression. II
Bruce Harris of Wareham, Dor­set,
England, received the Barton
Kyle Yount award at the ceremo­nies,
the highest award given by
Thunderbird. After graduation
Harris became the assistant direc­tor
for the Mexican Save the Chil­dren
Foundation.
Fall Enrollment
Holds Steady
Thunderbird enrolled 964 stu­dents
last fall. One quarter of the
students were foreign nationals, at­tending
from 58 countries. Women
made up 38 percent of the
students.
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Dr. Kenneth Smith, Dean of the College
of Business and Public Administration,
congratulates Dr. William Voris, President
of Thunderbird, on receiving the Distin­guished
Citizen Award. Looking on is Mr.
James Morrow, President of the University
of Arizona Alumni Association.
President Honored
Dr. William Voris, President,
was honored with the Distin­guished
Citizen Award by the Uni­versity
of Arizona November 4.
The award is given in recognition
of distinguished service in a non­profit
organization, government as­signment,
or other outstanding
service as a citizen.
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Student Alumni
Group Formed
Associated Student Thunder­birds
(AST), the campus chapter of
Associated Thunderbirds Interna­tional
(ATI), is offering several ac­tivities
for students and alumni.
The activities are designed to foster
contact between alumni and stu­dents.
They include a campus liai­son
group which adopts an alumni
chapter, researches its area and
members, and keeps them in­formed
of school and alumni activ­ities.
Campus hosts meet, greet,
and give campus tours to alumni
visiting campus. Ambassador
speakers visit civic groups, clubs,
and off-campus alumni chapters to
speak about the organization and
mission of Thunderbird.
For further information call the
Alumni Relations office at (602)
978-7135.
New Faculty in
World Business
Two new professors joined
Thunderbird last year, Dr. Dennis
Guthery and Dr. Hassan Hosseini,
both in the World Business
Department.
Guthery, associate professor of
marketing, previously taught inter­national
marketing at Auburn Uni­versity
in Alabama. He teaches WB
450, International Marketing Man­agement,
and WB 454, Industrial
Marketing.
In addition to his teaching duties
at Thunderbird, Guthery is estab­lishing
a clearing house for inter­national
business cases. "There is a
dearth of good international mar­keting
and management cases and
the demand for them, as many
programs nationwide international­ize,
will increase dramatically," he
said. His plans also include collab­orating
with Dr. Carl Frear on an
industrial marketing text.
Guthery graduated from Auburn
with a bachelor of science degree
in geography and economics. He
spent several years in Brazil re­searching
industrial marketing for
the government. He received his
master of science degree in busi­ness
from Auburn and his Ph.D.
from Michigan State University.
Dr. Hassan Hosseini joined
Thunderbird to teach WB 331, In­troduction
to Management Use of
Computer Models. He will also
teach a section of WB 330, Opera­tions
Analysis. Hosseini has an ex­tensive
interest and background in
the areas of operational research,
statistics, and computers.
He left his native Iran nine years
ago, and is a graduate of Iowa
State University, the University of
Florida, and the University of Ar­kansas,
where he received his
Ph.D. in industrial engineering.
THUNDERBIRD IMGAZINE WINTER 1983-84
NEWsNEWs NEWS NEWS NEWS
All-Alumni
Homecoming
The first Thunderbird all-alumni
Homecoming was celebrated the
weekend of November 12-13 dur­ing
the Balloon Race festivities.
Nearly ninety alumni signed in
at the Alumni Office where they
were greeted by Wayne Pulver, di­rector
of alumni relations. A new
Thunderbird slide show was pre­sented
and coffee, cider, and don­uts
were served. Also on hand to
greet alumni were Carmen Boller,
Connie Estes, and Senorita Maria
L. de Noronha.
Nearly 115 people attended a
Mexican buffet Saturday evening at
the home of Tom Bria, Assistant
Vice President for Institutional De­velopment.
Entertainment was
provided by a mariachi band and
the dinner was catered by the din­ing
hall and La Perla.
Larry Mellinger '68 and Lloyd Straits '66
watch the hot air balloons during
the fi rst Thunderbird all-alumni
Homecoming held during the Balloon Race
weekend in November.
THUNDERBIRD MAGAZINE WINTER 1983-84
Good Response to
Alumni Survey
In October, 1983, the Associated
Students' Legislative Council
(ASLC) conducted a mail survey of
1,500 Thunderbird alumni of the
classes of 1973, 1975, 1978, and
1981. The purpose of the survey
was to determine how alumni felt
about some type of core curricu­lum
requirement for the MIM and,
if so, what it should contain.
Of the 1,500 questionnaires
mailed, 537 were returned provid­ing
a 36 percent response rate from
alumni worldwide. Of the alumni
responding, 52.5 percent strongly
agreed that a core should be re­quired,
34.5 percent agreed, 8.5
percent were neutral, 3.6 percent
disagreed, and 0.8 percent strongly
disagreed. Thus, 87 percent of the
surveyed alumni see the need for a
core curriculum. These results are
very similar to on-campus surveys
done during the past year in which
both students and faculty agree
that a core curriculum is strongly
recommended, and both groups
recommend similar courses for in-cIusion
in the requirements toward
the MIM.
In the alumni survey, the cours­es
most strongly recommended for
inclusion were:
World Business
Intermediate or managerial
accounting
Financial statement analysis
Computer literacy and basic quan-titative
skills
International finance and trade
International corporate finance
International marketing
Modern Languages
Foreign language proficiency (3
semesters)
Business communications skills in
foreign languages
International Studies
Area studies in line with foreign
language taken
Country studies in line with for­eign
language taken
The complete results of the sur­vey
will be made available to the
Board of Trustees of the School
and to the Faculty Senate as a fur­ther
step in the process toward
strengthening the MIM curriculum
to keep ahead of the increasing
competition which Thunderbirds
are now facing. The World Busi­ness
faculty in November, 1983,
submitted a proposal for a core re­quirement
to the Faculty Senate
which closely resembles the World
Business courses the alumni con­sidered
most important.
The Associated Students' Legis­lative
Council greatly appreciates
the time invested by the many al­umni
who responded to the
questionnaire.
Alice Johnson
Heads Group In
China
Alice Johnson, faculty member
in the Department of Modern Lan­~
age.s, has been selected to partic­Ipate
m a UCLA cooperative
program with the International In­stitute
of Economic Management in
Beijing. She is serving for a lear as
Chief of Party for a group 0 four
teacher-researchers. The purpose
of the program is to stimulate re­search
in the teaching of English as
a Second Language and
Linguistics.
The year-long program, which
began last August, included an in­tensive
briefing at UCLA. Alice is
working with a Chinese codirector
who assists with the administra­tion
of the program. Cofunding is
provided by the Foreign Experts
Bureau in the Peoples' Republic of
China and UCLA, which receives
some funding from the United Na­tions.
Alice will return to her regu­lar
teaching schedule in the fall of
1984.
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Erickson Award
Berger Erickson, Executive Vice
President, was honored by being
named a lifetime member of the
American Management Associa­tions.
It is the highest honor con­ferred
by the 83,000 member
organization and has been given to
only 20 individuals. A plaque was
presented to Mr. Erickson during
the AMA annual meeting on Sep­tember
27 in New York.
Balloon Race Draws
Crowd
Attendance at the 1983 balloon
race was estimated at more than
double the previous year with ap­proximately
50,000 people attend­ing
the two-day event. The Friday
night Calcutta also set a record
with gross receipts of more than
$16,000, exceeding last year's fig­ure
by $5,000.
The largest crowds were evident
at the tethered Navy balloon on
Saturday and the performances of
the Navy skydivers who appeared
on both days. "One of the real
highlights was the skydivers. They
really went over well," said Judy
Contreras, balloon race coordina­tor.
Spectator stands for the stage
entertainment were filled for all
performances and astronauts Joe
Allen and Mary Cleave made sev­eral
public appearances during the
event. Balloonmeister was John
Bagwell, president of the Arizona
Balloon Club. American Express
was the Grand Patron.
Next year's race has been set for
November 10 and 11.
Anna Vickroy
Retires
Anna Vickroy poses in the Dining Hall
shortly before her retirement last
December.
Anna Vickroy, director of food
services, retired December 31. She
was a seventeen-year employee of
Thunderbird and had been food
services director since 1978. She
started work at Thunderbird in
1966 as a dishwasher and worked
her way up to the position of food
service director.
THUNDERBIRD MAGAZINE WINTER 1983·84
NEWsNEWs NEWS NEWS NEWS
Miclwel Shanahan 77, marketing manager
of International Playtex, completes the
judges evaluation form for the INTERAD
competition on campus. Also serving as a
judge was Douglas Trigg 76, account su­pervisor
for Benton & Bowles advertising
agency.
Alumni Placement
The Career Services Cen ter has
added two restrictions to its alum­ni
placement service: one, that al­umni
must have no relocation
restrictions, and two, that alumni
must have three to five years expe­rience
with the MIM degree.
Carol Hazelett, director of Career
Services, says, "It's a service that
alums shouldn't rely on totally
[but] it's always here for them. The
secret to success is their effort and
their contacts."
The service is on the computer
for the first time, making it much
more efficient and giving the em­ployer
a faster turnaround.
Alumni may register with the
placement service by sending $50,
at least twelve copies of an updat­ed
resume, and salary require­ments
to the Career Services office.
THUNDERBIRD MAGAZINE WINTER 1983-84
Dr. William Voris, president of Thunderbird, pours tea for Professor Weiyan Sun, Vice
President of the Beijing Institute of Foreign Trade, and Claude Cellich, at the International
Trade Centre of the United Nations in Geneva. Also in attendance were five other adminis­trators
of educational institutions in China. The visit was part of a program to develop
international business and export marketing curricula at training institutes in the People's
Republic of China.
Jane S. Lee '84 (foreground) and Lisette D.
Alverio '84 work on the newly installed com­puters
on campus.
Computer Course
Now Required
The World Business Department
began offering Introduction to
Management Use of Computer
Models, WB 331, in summer, 1983.
Students are required to learn
BASIC programming language and
to carry out a case project focused
on a significant managerial prob­lem
using the computer as a deci­sion-
making aid. The course is
taught by Professor Hassan Hos­seini.
It will be required of stu­dents
entering in the fall of 1984.
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10
On August 16, 1983, Gayle Frances cancer, there are many students
Roessl died of cancer at the age of that Gayle met during her time at
27, but not before she had revealed Thunderbird who will be shocked
to many the true meaning of the to learn that, behind the stniles
words that she had written in her and laughter, Gayle was seriously
notebook many years ago. ill. For the last thing that Gayle
Throughout her short lifetime, wanted was to be treated any dif-
Gayle had to face more pain and ferently. All that she asked was to
suffering, and more disappoint- be like everyone else.
ment than most of us will ever Before the end of Gayle's second
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